Jailed: Peter Ramsey given 12 years in prison for raping and assaulting a woman after he met on the online dating website plentyoffish.com
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A rapist who launched a 'horrific' attack on a secretary after meeting her on a free internet dating website was jailed for 12 years today.
Peter Ramsey, 26, went on a date with the 27-year-old woman after the pair met on Plentyoffish.com but attacked her when she refused him a kiss goodnight.
Inner London Crown Court heard Ramsey punched her to the ground, ripped off her tights and sexually assaulted her before taking her underwear as a trophy.
The victim said she thought she was going to die during the brutal attack which left her unrecognisable with 21 injuries and one of her front teeth knocked out.
She has been left with facial scarring and still has to undergo counselling to help her deal with flashbacks of her ordeal last August.
Sentencing Ramsey to 12 years, Judge Patricia Lees condemned the 'horrific and gratuitous' attack on a 'trusting and genuinely delightful young woman'.
She said: 'You met your victim on the internet and arranged a first date having given a false name.
'You arrived having taken not a penny with you, only an Oyster Card. You told her you were a student so she paid for everything.
'She was a trusting and delightful young woman whose life will be altered forever by what you did that terrible night.'
The pair had spent four days chatting on the free dating website - which claims to be ‘responsible for more dates and more relationships than any other dating site’ - before arranging to meet for drinks in Brixton, South London, last August.
The court heard Ramsey charmed her on the dinner date, which went well, but as soon as he walked her to her home in nearby Clapham he turned ugly.
Outside her flat he leaned in for a kiss and when she pulled away he pinned her against a wall and showered punches on her face until she collapsed on to the floor.
When she screamed for help he covered her mouth with one hand while continuing to beat her with the other, leaving her in fear of her life, telling the court: 'I thought I was going to die'.
Ramsey met his victim on the online dating website plentyoffish.com, which claims to be 'responsible for more relationships than any other dating site', but attacked her when she refused a goodnight kiss on their first date
Ramsey then raped her and left her bleeding on the pavement as he stole her bag and used her Oyster card to catch the night-bus back to the flat he was staying in Forest Hill, South London.
His victim was left crying out for help and was discovered by a passer-by. Her mother, who had heard the screams, rushed out to find her badly injured and traumatised.
Judge Lees said it was likely Ramsey’s 'sexual pleasure' was heightened by the extreme violence he inflicted on his victim.
She told Ramsey: 'She was attacked by you when she refused to kiss you. You immediately punched her to the ground. You inflicted repeated blows. You pushed her down the stairs and badly raped her on them.
'Throughout your attack you prevented her from screaming for help by putting your hand over her mouth and holding her with your other hand. As a passing gift you stole her handbag.
'You left her badly injured and thoroughly degradated and content with that you callously stole her handbag and used her Oyster Card to get home. The effects on your victim have been profound.'
Ramsey denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court in Southwark
The next day Ramsey left two messages on his victim’s mobile phone telling her he was sorry and had sobered up. He was arrested a week later after a DNA match and CCTV footage showed him on the bus near the scene.
Ramsey, who boasted that he had been out with hundreds of women, told police the sexual intercourse had been consensual and that he had left the young woman arguing with another man who must have beaten her.
He denied rape, wounding and theft, but was found guilty by a jury at Inner London Crown Court. He has continued to deny the offence.
After the verdicts investigators said she had some of the most shocking injuries they had ever seen and warned that it highlights the importance of thoroughly vetting internet dates.
The court heard Ramsey had a 'tragic upbringing' after his violent father caused her mother to suffer a fatal brain haemorrhage, leaving him homeless, his defence barrister Leslie Manning told the court.
Ramsey, who has convictions for shoplifting and assaulting police, was jailed for a total of 12 years for rape, four years for wounding with intent to run concurrently and six months for theft to run concurrently. He will also be on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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