Date-Rapist Who Attacked Drunken Women Caged For Fifteen Years

A serial date-rapist, who picked-up two young drunken women in a nightclub and in the street, attacking them after persuading them to return to his Brighton flat, has been locked-up for fifteen years.

Patrick Mark Geary, 39, (pictured) of Warwick Mount, Montague Street, claimed both women were consensual partners – describing one as a “She-Wolf” – as he tried to dodge justice.

Judge Austin Issard-Davies sentenced him at Inner London Crown Court yesterday after he was convicted at a Hove Crown Court trial.

Police believe that he may be responsible for other sexual assaults and are appealing for any other victims to come forward.

His first victim, a 21-year-old local woman, reported Geary to the police in February 2007 after she met the defendant in a nightclub and went to his flat with a friend.

She passed out in an armchair, but could not be roused to go home by her friend and woke to find Geary trying to rape her.

She kicked him away and fled the flat, reporting the incident immediately to local police.

Geary was arrested and denied attempted rape, but due to the lack of witness evidence he was not charged and was released pending further enquiries.

The second victim, a 23-year-old woman, was approached by Geary as she sat on a street in Kemp Town after leaving a barbeque drunk on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

He took her back to his flat and gave her a cup of tea.

The victim says her memory then went blank and the next thing she remembers is Geary raping her twice.

She fled his flat and reported the matter to police.

Geary was arrested after being identified by his DNA.

While on bail, police reopened the 2007 rape allegation and the Crown Prosecution Service reviewed both cases and he was charged with both attacks.

Detective Constable Tim Craig of Brighton CID said: “It took great courage and bravery for both victims to tell the police what happened.

“Both have shown an amazing strength of character by coming to court and giving evidence about the monstrosities that happened to them.

“There is no doubt in my mind that locking up Patrick Geary will make the streets safer for everyone in Kemp Town and I am grateful to the people who assisted in this to ensure that he is no longer a danger to the public.”