Restraining Order For Man Cleared Of False Imprisonment

'Not Guilty': Dache Cleared At Croydon Crown Court

A suspected kidnapper, accused of forcing a terrified woman to pretend she was his girlfriend while held captive, has today been given a five-year restraining order from contacting her.

Peter Dache, 27, of Oakfield Road, West Croydon walked free from court after the charges against him were dropped when the alleged victim failed to turn up and give evidence.

He always denied falsely imprisoning the woman between July 27 and August 2, last year and assaulting her on July 31.

Prosecutor Mr. Hamish Reid told the Croydon Crown Court jury the 31 year-old woman, who knows Dache, met him while out in the town and spent the evening drinking and smoking weed until 7am.

They then went to Dache’s father’s flat. “She was scared, vulnerable and anxious and went along with being his girlfriend out of fear.”

She believed Dache was potentially violent and involved in “missions” and described his behaviour to police as “threatening and aggressive.”

“She did not seek to escape, fearing how he would behave and feared the consequences,” added Mr. Reid. 

“He picked up a pole and hit her and threw Tabasco sauce in her face.

Dache’s father heard her begging not to be hurt any more, the jury were told.

“She was locked in the flat by Dache when he went to the gym.”

Fortunately she was released from the property when somebody else arrived and made contact with the police as she made her way to her boyfriend’s home.