Locations
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG1
Description
A sex offender who raped a woman while she slept has been locked up.
James Spedding and the victim, who were known to each other, had been drinking together on the evening of 15 March 2022.
In the early hours of the following morning she awoke to discover Spedding lying on top of her.
The victim, who was vulnerable and unable to consent to sex, told family members who reported it to police.
Spedding, aged 26, of Mansfield, was arrested a short time later and the victim was interviewed and supported by specialist officers.
He denied rape but was found guilty after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court in November last year.
On Thursday (13 February) he was given a seven-year custodial sentence which he will begin in a secure hospital.
He was also given a 10-year restraining order and must register with police under the Sexual Offences Act indefinitely.