Jail term for man who terrified prostitute by locking her in his home
Jailing Graham Scott Brady, 37, at Leeds Crown Court yesterday, Judge Tom Bayliss QC said he had shown troubling instability in his behaviour on the night concerned.
“To be locked in a house by a man, a stranger to her, and a man behaving in an unpredictable manner must have been terrifying for her,” he said.
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Hide AdBrady, of Recreation Mount, Holbeck, was found guilty by a jury of false imprisonment on September 8 last year while under a suspended sentence for battery.
He was jailed for three years for the offence of false imprisonment with five months consecutive from his suspended sentence.
Judge Bayliss said the woman was in a vulnerable position when she encountered Brady in the early hours while she was working on the streets in Holbeck and was invited back to his house for sex, but once there he told her he had no cash.
He offered her a credit card instead which she refused, again asking for money. He told her he was cooking her something to eat and became agitated when she said she did not want anything.
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Hide AdHe told her she was not going anywhere and when he went upstairs she tried to leave, but found the security door to the outside was locked.
She sent a text message to a friend asking for help and when Brady saw her doing that as he came downstairs he became aggressive.
The judge said Brady told her it did not matter who she rang because he “would smash them all up”.
He punched the wall by the door and head-butted the door itself. She was crying and wanted to leave, but Brady told her she was going nowhere.
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Hide AdShe sent her friend another text message shortly before that person arrived with two police officers. They could see how distressed she was through the door which was still locked.
The sergeant was contemplating using CS spray when Brady was persuaded to unlock the door.
Brady denied to the jury keeping her prisoner. Judge Bayliss said his motive for what happened appeared obscure although he had demonstrated antipathy towards prostitutes in his remarks.