An Indian-origin finance consultant from North London was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman after a night out drinking with his colleagues.
Sanjay Naker, 28, a married man from north London, at Inner London Crown Court had denied three charges of rape, one charge of attempted rape, one charge of assault by penetration, and a count of sexual assault.
The panel found him chargeable of all charges but cleared him of the charge of assault by penetration at the end of the trial on Thursday.
Sentencing him, judge Freya Newberry said: “If you formed a view that the woman wanted to have sex with you, you were very much mistaken. It was quite clear that you decided that you wanted to have sex with her and she had no recollection of what happened but you saw an opportunity. It was a mixture of your own desire and arrogance regardless of any intoxication on your part.”
Naker was found guilty of taking the woman over his shoulder after she was denied entry into a nightclub in central London for being intoxicated and raping her in an alleyway.
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On March 11 earlier this year, the court heard that the 18-year-old victim had been out for the night at a bar in London Bridge area before being asked to leave as she had too much to drink.
Naker, who was outside the bar saw the victim and began having a conversation with her. The footage showed them chatting, Naker appearing to show her concern, and then sexually assaulting her multiple times.
The accused told police the sex was consensual and said the woman had not appeared drunk.
The Metropolitan police said its probe was able to prove the woman had been raped and build a strong case against him because “the simple fact was, she was too drunk to give her consent.”
By Sowmya
