Rapist Caged After Victim Recorded His 'Confession'

"Free Pass": Roser

A rapist is starting a lengthy prison sentence after unwittingly ‘confessing’ to the sex attack as his victim recorded his incriminating words on her mobile phone.

Amateur boxer and rock climber Rhys Roser, 24, was sentenced to seven years and eight months imprisonment today for the early hours rape of the 19 year-old.

The apprentice tree surgeon denied everything when arrested, but later went on the run after hearing the damning recording and pleaded guilty when he turned up for his trial.

“He had not heard the recording until earlier this year and that must have come as a shock to him, the clear evidence of it,” his lawyer Miss Marie Spenwyn told Harrow Crown Court.  

“We now have a man hanging his head in shame over his behaviour.”

Roser, of Bravington Road, Maida Vale pleaded guilty to one count of rape; attempted rape; sexual assault and assault by penetration at a Kilburn address on September 14, 2015.

He raped the teen in the flat’s shower after the victim fled to the bathroom because she was suffering a panic attack brought on by Roser’s unwanted advances.

Future Not Bright: Roser

“He made it plain he wanted to have sex and she didn’t,” said prosecutor Mr. Peter Clement. “The defendant became more demanding and somewhat bullying of her.

“He grabbed her by the arm, torso and neck and the more aggressive he became the more aroused he got.”

They were still in the bedroom when she grabbed her phone and began the audio recording, which later proved she was pleading: “Leave me alone.”

“He said he had a ‘free pass’ to have sex with her and by this time she was in tears, asking him to shut up and leave her alone,” added Mr. Clement.

She locked herself in the bathroom, but Roser persuaded his way in. “He locked the bathroom door and pushed her into the shower.

“He pulled her head back and bent her left arm behind her back.” The teenager was then raped.

Prison Is Pants: Roser

They returned to the bedroom, where the phone recorded Roser saying: “I was wrong in every way. I shouldn’t have done that, I don’t know what came over me.

“Don’t tell anyone please. You don’t want to do the whole court thing. You’re not going to stand up in court and tell everyone you were raped, way too embarrassing.

“You were kinda sexy because you had wetness on your face. 

“That’s the one thing that’s going to ruin my life. Don’t f***ing tell anyone, it’s real simple.”

In an impact statement fifteen months after the attack the victim said: “It has had a staggering effect on me,” explaining she had suffered depression, anxiety, insomnia, flashbacks and night terror.

Recorder Matthew Lowe told Roser: “Your subsequent conversations were recorded on that telephone.

“You were heard saying you had gone mad and were wrong in every way and went onto plead with her not to report what happened and put pressure on her.

“She describes it as emotional blackmail. What you did to her that night has had significant psychological and emotional effects.”