Shaun Daniels, aged 38, of no fixed address, has been sentenced to 10 years and six months’ imprisonment after being convicted of two counts of rape and physical assaults against a woman in Stoke-on-Trent.
The court heard that the violence commenced on 22 January when Daniels attacked and raped the woman inside a residential address in Stoke-on-Trent. Two days later, on 24 January, Daniels confronted the woman again at Fenton Park and carried out a second violent assault.
Members of the public who were present in the park witnessed the physical altercation and alerted Staffordshire Police. Officers attended the scene, initiating the safeguarding inquiry and criminal investigation that resulted in Daniels being detained and charged.
Under UK legislation, all victims of sexual offences are protected by lifelong statutory anonymity.
Prior to trial, Daniels admitted one count of damaging property valued at less than £5,000. However, he pleaded not guilty to the sexual and physical violence charges, taking the case to a contested trial. Following deliberations, the jury rejected his defence and convicted him of two counts of rape, one count of assault by beating, and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH).
On Tuesday, the presiding judge handed Daniels an immediate determinate custodial sentence of 10 years and six months. Under statutory provisions governing determinate sentences of seven years or more for serious sexual offences, Daniels must serve at least two-thirds of his sentence in prison custody before becoming eligible to be considered for parole release.
The court also made Daniels subject to an indefinite restraining order prohibiting him from contacting the victim, alongside mandatory lifetime notification requirements on the Sex Offenders Register.
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