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A rapist has received a prison sentence of almost 10 years after being convicted after a trial.
Thomas Osbourne, who also goes by the name Solomon Osbourne, was found guilty by majority verdict of two counts of rape against a woman committed earlier this year.
A nine-and-a-half year prison sentence was handed down to the 33-year-old from St George at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 27 September.
Any victim of a sexual offence is entitled by law to be kept anonymous. The victim in this case prepared a statement, which was read in court, in which she said she now feels scared of all men.
She said: “In terms of how this has impacted me and how I live my life, I am struggling with how to put it into words and find this very difficult. I’m not the same person I used to be since.
“This has also caused me to completely isolate myself from my family and friends, because I don’t want to talk or even think about everything that happened.
“He has completely ruined my trust in anyone and in particular men.
“I now feel scared of all men. I always used to try to see the good in people and feel as though that has been taken from me.
“Now, I always worry about what someone’s intentions would be and if the same things are going to happen again.”
Osbourne will be added to the sex offender’s register indefinitely, and his criminal record shared with the Disclosure and Barring Service.