January 2015 Sex abuser took “selfies” while assaulting sleeping victim A MAN who sexually abused a woman as she slept and took pictures of the acts on his mobile phone has been jailed for more than four years. Robert Rutten, 50, had admitted three counts of sexual assault and one of assault by penetration, as well as three counts of possessing indecent images of children – including one in the most serious category – and one of possessing extreme pornographic images involving a dog. Prosecutor Simon Jones told Bournemouth Crown Court that Rutten had taken a “selfie” photograph of himself alongside his sleeping victim, an adult woman, before taking other pictures of her in various states of undress and while touching her sexually. The offences took place in 2012 and 2013. Jailing Rutten for four years and eight months, Judge John Harrow said: “This was dirty, perverted behaviour. “This poor lady had the humiliation of having to inspect these photographs of her private parts with police in the course of the investigation.” Mr Jones said the victim was having trouble trusting “people in general” as a result of the offences. He said the indecent images were discovered when police officers checked a memory stick from his home, while the extreme pornography was in the form of two “Polaroid” photographs which “appeared to have been taken in the early 1980s”. The court heard Rutten had no previous convictions for sexual offences, but a lengthy record which included assault occasioning actual bodily harm, burglary, drink driving, battery and possessing cocaine with intent to supply. In mitigation, Brian Sharman said his client had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and that while his offences had been humiliating for the victim when the images were found, there had been no deliberate attempt to humiliate her at the time they were committed. Rutten, from Suffolk Road, Bournemouth, was ordered to sign the sexual offenders’ register indefinitely and a Sexual Offences Prevention Order was imposed controlling his access to the internet and devices with recording equipment.