A man convicted of twice raping a teenage girl has an "obsessive nature" which could pose a threat to women in general, a judge said.

Shaun Roskell-White, 33, remained silent as the jury convicted him on nine charges.

They were for two charges of rape, indecent assault, kidnap, two charges of common assault, dangerous driving and two charges of intimidating a witness. He was cleared of a third charge of rape. He had denied all the charges.

He admitted a further charge of common assault.

Basildon Crown Court heard Roskell-White had 13 previous convictions for 32 offences, including violence and theft.

The jury found he indecently assaulted and raped the girl when she was aged 16, in 2002.

Then, in January 2003, he broke into her home, kidnapped her and forced her in to his car, when he then punched her.

Roskell-White drove her to his home, in Defoe Crescent, Colchester, and raped her.

She got away the next day, but later that evening Roskell-White went searching for her.

He saw her walking in Wivenhoe with two friends. He mounted the pavement in his car and drove at the three, running them down.

Roskell-White was later arrested, charged, and remanded in custody to await his trial. But while in prison he phoned the victim on a number of occasions to intimidate her.

Roskell-White had claimed two of the rape allegations did not happen at all, and the third was consensual sex.

The jury of six men and six women took 11 hours and 46 minutes to reach verdicts on all the charges.

Judge Philip Clegg adjourned sentencing for six weeks for pre-sentence and psychiatric reports on Roskell-White, who was remanded into custody.

He said: Not only do I want pre-sentence reports, but I want a prison psychiatric report on him.

I am very concerned about his obsessive behaviour and I want to know if my suspicions are right or wrong.

I am particularly concerned about the obsessive nature of this defendant, and whether he represents a danger to women in general.

A MAN convicted of twice raping a teenage girl has an "obsessive nature" which could pose a threat to women in general, a judge said.

Shaun Roskell-White, 33, remained silent as the jury convicted him on nine charges.

The were for two charges of rape, indecent assault, kidnap, two charges of common assault, dangerous driving and two charges of intimidating a witness. He was cleared of a third charge of rape. He had denied all the charges.

He admitted a further charge of common assault.

Basildon Crown Court heard Roskell-White had 13 previous convictions for 32 offences including violence and theft.

The jury at Basildon found he indecently assaulted and raped the girl when she was aged 16, in 2002.

And then in January 2003 he broke in to her home, kidnapped her and forced her in to his car when he then punched her.

Roskell-White drove her to his home in Defoe Crescent, Colchester, and raped her.

She got away the next day but later that evening Roskell-White went searching for her.

He saw her walking in Wivenhoe with two friends. He mounted the pavement in his car and drove at the three, running them down.

Roskell-White was later arrested, charged, and remanded in custody to await his trial. But while in prison he phoned the victim on a number of occasions to intimidate her.

Roskell-White had claimed two of the rape allegations did not happen at all, and the third was consensual sex.

The jury of six men and six women took 11 hours and 46 minutes to reach verdicts on all the charges.

Judge Philip Clesgg adjourned sentencing for six weeks for pre-sentence and psychiatric reports on Roskell-White. He was remanded him in to custody.

He said: Not only do I want pre-sentence reports, but I want a prison psychiatric report on him.

I am very concerned about his obsessive behaviour and I want to know if my suspicions are right or wrong.

He added: I am particularly concerned about the obsessive nature of this defendant, and whether he represents a danger to women in general.

Last Updated on Mon 26 January 19104 at 14:5

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