Locations
Hilbre Street, Liverpool, L3
Description
Charles Goodwin was found guilty of raping two students and sexually assaulting another
A man was convicted today of raping two students and sexually assaulting another.
Charles Goodwin, a mixed martial arts fighter, was told by a judge to expect a lengthy period of imprisonment.
The 21-year-old business management student was found guilty of three charges of raping one student in Manchester, and of assaulting her by penetration. He was also found guilty of one charge of raping a student in Liverpool.
The jury also convicted him of two offences of sexually assaulting a third student in Liverpool but cleared him of a sexual assault on a fourth student, also in Liverpool.
The attack on the first victim involved him holding her down by the throat and he was found guilty of attempting to choke her and assaulting her.
The court heard he had told her she deserved to be treated like a princess and picked her and carried her - before going on to violently attack her in her own home.
He had faced three charges of rape against the second victim - to whom he had said he was a sex god when she complained he had hurt her - but was cleared of two of those charges.
Goodwin, of Hilbre Street, Liverpool city centre but formerly of Salford, showed no reaction when the jury returned their unanimous verdicts after just over six hours deliberations.
But his father and grandfather, who stood in the public gallery as the verdicts were returned, afterwards shouted Shame on this court, disgusting."
Goodwins granddad shouted, A young mans life has been totally scotched and ruined.
How can you believe someones lies to the court? It is really no way to deal with these offences.
During his 13 day trial Liverpool Crown Court heard how he had been on police bail after the first attack but went on to commit the other attacks.
Judge Garrett Byrne told Goodwin, I am going to order a pre-sentence report to be prepared by probation to include the extent to which you present a danger to women and the outcome of that may affect sentence.
Please prepare yourself for a lengthy period of imprisonment, he added. He further remanded him in custody to await sentence in March.
The offences of which he was convicted took place between January 15 and September 30, 2020.
Matthew Curtis, prosecuting, had told the jury, The prosecution say the defendant did not care whether the complainants consented or not. In short, he got what he wanted with no care for them or the immediate consequences of his actions.
Goodwin, who had a girlfriend at the time, admitted having sexual activity with all four women but maintained they had all consented and denied all 12 charges.