Education Entrepreneur Jailed For Kicking Mistress Out Of Bed During Late-Night Sex Row

A former Harrow public schoolboy turned international education entrepreneur is starting an eighteen-month prison sentence today after kicking his mistress out of bed – breaking her wrist – when she spurned his sexual advances.

Married businessman John Crawford Florey, 48, had attended an education symposium at the London School of Economics with 40 year-old Russian intern Olga Grigorash earlier in the evening and enjoyed an alcohol-fueled dinner.

He stripped down to his boxer shorts after taking the woman back to the flat he had rented for the night, but lost his temper when she refused to undress, simply lying on top of the bed fully-clothed.

“I take into account the humiliating remarks you made to Ms Grigorash before the assault,” Isleworth Crown Court Recorder Philip Shepherd QC told him. “You were trying to force yourself sexually on her and she was unwilling to have sex with you, which should have been apparent.

“You used considerable force to kick her out of bed when your advances were rejected and the injury is one she still suffers continuing effects,” he told Cambridge University-educated Florey.

Florey, of Chequers Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – Director for International Development at Astrum Education Group – was convicted by a jury of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Ms Grigorash at the flat in Royal Crescent, Notting Hill in the early hours of March 4, last year.

“The evidence from her was that you went around the side of the bed and kicked her when she was on the floor and you made no attempt to assist her when she was obviously injured and she had to make her way to hospital alone.

“You showed no remorse or concern and did nothing at all and you put her through the trauma of a trial,” added Recorder Shepherd.

Prosecutor Mr Neil Griffin told the court: “The defendant has kicked Miss Grigorash out of bed. A kick of such force that she fell against the wall and fractured her wrist.

“It seems the defendant rubbed toothpaste into her dress as they were brushing their teeth in the bathroom and this upset her along with him going out to smoke because she did not like smoking.

“She decided to keep her dress on and the defendant had undressed down to his boxer's and tried very roughly to kiss her.

“He had a second cigarette and returned to the bedroom and forced himself onto her and she told him he was hurting her,” explained Mr. Griffin.

“Suddenly he kicked her, she says, to the back. She fell out of the bed against the wall and onto the floor and Mr. Florey shouted: 'Get out.'

“She grabbed her clothes and left in hurry, flagged down a taxi and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where her wrist was put in a cast.”

Miss Grigorash reported Florey to police the next day and he was arrested at Heathrow Airport returning from a foreign business trip.

He was questioned at Notting Hill Police Station and gave a conflicting version of events.

“He said he thought they were going to have sex and thought it was strange she left her dress on,” added the prosecutor. “He said he made the remark that she was not great in bed and she went mad and stumbled and fell over while they were arguing.”

Miss Grigorash told the jury she knew Florey was married, often meeting up with him in central London and sometimes using a flat in Shepherd's Bush, where his parents and sister lived.

They began a sexual relationship in July, 2013, but she explained she soon tired of his aggressive behaviour and they had a short break-up before getting back together.

“Whenever I was late he was so rude, he was quite sadistic I would say and I could see he became violent,” explained Miss Grigorash, adding their sex life was often a cause of arguments.

“When I didn't do it the way he wanted he got pretty aggressive. He didn't have an erection and took it out on me and was quite violent with me and hurt me and was very unpleasant.”

Mr. Stuart Stevens said Florey, who was educated at Cambridge University and Imperial College: “Was a respected gentleman, he did have good character and he's lost that.

“He feels totally disgraced and ashamed and the hardest thing was telling his mother.

“This was out of character and was not calculated. It was an over-reaction, he says, to being told he was not rich enough.

“He earns a decent living, but is not a rich man and with this conviction he will not be able to go to certain countries now.

“He spends much of his time abroad and makes a successful living and is highly-regarded by universities and the Chamber of Commerce.”

Florey presented references from Middlesex University, Swansea University and Moscow Business School.

“There was a lurid report of the case in the Bucks Free Press newspaper, it is salacious, a Sun-type report. All his neighbours know about it, it is all over the area.

Recorder Shepherd told Florey he was unable to treat him as a man of good character because he was cautioned in 2011 for punching a former pupil at a school reunion when an old playground rivalry resumed.

“She still suffers anxiety and panic attacks and can't lift objects with her right arm or play sports, particularly tennis for which she has a particular love and is unable to drive a car.

“You were in drink that night, which I consider an aggravating factor and your behaviour was controlling and overbearing towards her in the previous year.”

Florey was also made subject to an indefinite restraining order, prohibiting him having any contact with Ms Grigorash and he was ordered to pay her £6,000 compensation and £2,800 court costs.