Richard Allmark, 21, the Smallthorne Rapist, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been convicted of rape, assault, and strangling after a court trial.
Between May and December of the previous year, he perpetrated a campaign of abuse on the survivor, assaulting her multiple times by pulling her hair and strangling her.
Earlier this year, we issued a wanted appeal to assist in locating him. Richard Allmark surrendered himself after seeing the incident and was subsequently charged with the offences.
At a trial concluding on Monday, 14 July, at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court, Richard Allmark was convicted by the jury of two charges of rape, one crime of intentional strangling, and one count of assault resulting in actual bodily harm. He additionally entered a guilty plea to a separate charge of assault by beating during a prior hearing.
Richard Allmark is currently in detention, awaiting sentencing on September 12 of this year.
UPDATE 04.10.25
Richard Allmark, the Smallthorne Rapist, convicted of raping, assaulting, and strangling a woman in Stoke-on-Trent, has been sentenced to over ten years in prison.
Richard Allmark, 21, from Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to 15 years in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court today (Friday, 3 October) after being convicted of two acts of rape, one act of assault occasioning actual bodily injury, and one case of intentional strangling. He additionally entered a guilty plea to a separate charge of assault by beating during a prior hearing.
He perpetrated a campaign of abuse on the victim from May to December of the previous year, assaulting her multiple times by pulling her hair and strangling her.
We issued a wanted appeal to assist in locating him. He surrendered after seeing the incident and was subsequently charged with the offences.
Richard Allmark was indefinitely placed on the Sex Offenders Register and issued a restraining order against the survivor as part of his sentence.
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