A man has been convicted of raping a woman known to him on the Isle of Wight.
Louis Fletcher, aged 34, assaulted the woman at an address in Ryde on the evening of 15th March 2021, after she had made it clear verbally a number of times that she did not want to have sex with him.
Understood there was no consent
A lengthy investigation was launched by police, with officers obtaining text messages between Fletcher and the victim after the attack in which Fletcher indicated that he understood at the time that the woman had not consented.
Fletcher, formerly of Cheltenham Road in Paulsgrove, was charged with rape in December 2021, but continued to deny the offence.
Found guilty of rape
The case went to trial at Newport Crown Court on Monday 21st August this year, before the jury found him guilty of rape on Thursday 24th August.
He was bailed with conditions to appear at Winchester Crown Court on 24th November for sentencing.
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