Sex attacker who raped sleeping woman jailed

Reece Doughty was jailed for seven years and five months after changing his plea on the second day of his trial

A man who raped a woman while she slept has been jailed.

Reece Doughty, 27, of Albion Place, Grantham, changed his plea to guilty during the second day of his trial at Lincoln Crown Court.

He also admitted a second offence of controlling and coercive behaviour.

Doughty was jailed for seven years and five months on Wednesday.

Andrew Vout KC, prosecuting, told jurors that the rape occurred while the victim was asleep.

"She had not consented to this. She had never agreed to anything like this," he said.

An impact statement from the victim read out in court described how she had suffered trauma and misery following the attack.

She also described how she had been left stripped of confidence and "not feeling like a woman".

In mitigation, the court heard that Doughty, who had no previous convictions, was "very sorry" for what he had done.

Passing sentence, Judge James House KC said it was plain that Doughty's offending would have a long-lasting impact on his victim and had left her "terrorised" and in constant fear of violence.

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