A man named Thomas James Cole was involved in criminal activities where he committed a sexual assault and subsequently engaged in malicious actions to harm the victim's reputation within the community.
Specifically, Cole had spent the night of July 6, 2016, drinking, smoking cannabis, and watching a football match at Taibach rugby club in Port Talbot.
Later, he entered a woman's home while she was asleep, and raped her.
The victim woke up to find the 24-year-old man naked and on top of her.
She managed to get him off, and he then attempted to blackmail her into allowing him to finish by threatening to tell her father about what had happened.
The court described Cole as having a 'deplorable' attitude towards women.
He was already on a suspended sentence for a previous attack on a former partner when he committed this offence.
The court heard these details during the case at Swansea Crown Court.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
about what had happened. The court described Cole as having a 'deplorable' attitude towards women. He was already on a suspended sentence for a previous attack on a former partner when he committed this offence. The court heard these det...
Suspended sentence
He was already on a suspended sentence for a previous attack on a former partner when he committed this offence
