RYAN CARTNER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN STOKE-ON-TRENT FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL OFFENCES
Police have released a mugshot of Ryan Cartner, a convicted sex offender who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of raping a woman.The assault took place in the woman's own home, where Cartner asked her for alcohol and prescription drugs before carrying out the attack.
The 37-year-old victim, who is over 20 years older than Cartner, pleaded with him to stop as he assaulted her, but he ignored her requests.
After the rape, he threatened to attack her family and kill her pets if she told anyone about what had happened.
Cartner, of Derwent Place, Cross Heath, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
A jury rejected his claim that the sexual encounter was consensual, ruling instead that it was a serious sexual assault during the 2019 incident.
In addition to the 10-year sentence for rape, he received a concurrent eight-year term for another serious sexual offence committed during the same incident.
He was also convicted of stealing alcohol and prescription medications from the victim.
Commenting on the sentence, DC Sarah Clancy of Staffordshire Police expressed her support for the victim, saying, "This was undoubtedly a traumatic ordeal for the woman concerned and I cannot praise her enough for the courage and bravery she has shown in coming forward and reporting what happened to her.
I hope this conviction reassures our local community that sexual offences are taken seriously and that officers will work tirelessly to seek justice." As part of his sentence, Cartner was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and was issued a restraining order for life.
During the sentencing, Judge Paul Glenn told Cartner, "You went to her house and asked if you could have some alcohol.
You then repaid her for her generosity by pushing her onto the sofa and raping her.
She told you to stop but you ignored her."
