Graduate Tom Hagyard, 29, muttered to himself after the Isleworth Crown Court jury returned their verdicts after two days of deliberation.
He struck at the £700,000 two-bedroom west London flat in Fulham Road, where he was invited by another trainee solicitor at the world-renowned City of London corporate law practice.
Merseyside native Hagyard, of Fylde Road, Southport was found guilty of two counts of assault by penetration in relation to a 26 year-old student, who had passed out fully-clothed on the host’s bed.
The jury convicted him by an 11-1 majority on both charges.
He was also found guilty of two counts of sexually assaulting another 26 year-old student, who was sleeping on the living-room couch.
The jury convicted him by a 10-2 majority on both charges.
They failed to reach a verdict on a charge Hagyard raped the first woman and the jury were discharged on that count.
As the jurors left the courtroom and filed past the defendant he shook his head slightly towards them.
Hagyard was questioned by the police on October 17, 2017, just two days after the party and throughout the two-week trial insisted the sexual activity was consensual.
Regarding the first woman Hagyard said in evidence: “She was actively participating the whole time,” and regarding the second he said: “She invited me to join her on the sofa.”
Recorder Simon Russell Flint QC announced: “This clearly serious offending, passing the custody threshold.”
He bailed Hagyard overnight to be sentenced the following day.
“He will understand he can be sentenced in his absence if he did not attend and a warrant would be issued for his arrest and he would be on the run.
“The whole thing is a tragedy for all those concerned, but I will deal with sentence tomorrow.
“Others will have suffered, sadly. There was a trial and the jury returned a verdict and there can be no credit for a plea of guilty.”
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