A man from Bradford has been jailed for 12-and-a-half years for carrying out serious sexual assaults against two different women.
Bradford Crown Court heard how Barrie Hartley, 45, of Rimswell Holt, Greengates, sexually assaulted and later raped his first victim when she was particularly vulnerable.
She was left hysterical after the rape.
When Hartley was arrested, he denied any sexual contact with the victim whatsoever in an interview, but his DNA was found on her clothing.
In a statement read to the court by barrister Michael Morley, Hartley’s victim said the impact of being raped had affected every part of her life and she was living with it every day.
She said: “The person I was before no longer exists” and that she lived in a constant state of fear that was “persistent, overwhelming, and inescapable.”
Whilst under investigation for those offences, Hartley sexually assaulted a second woman.
When arrested he again denied what he had done.
His second victim said his offending had left a “devastating and lasting impact” and that she was trying to re-build her life.
She said she carried a deep sense of shame about what had happened, felt humiliated and that her self-worth had been affected.
In mitigation, the court heard that Hartley was anxious to address his drinking, described as “his real problem”, and that until he was able to do that “he knows that he will cause risks going forward.”
His Honour Judge Christopher Smith handed Hartley six years for rape, and a further six-and-a-half years for the later sexual assaults on the second woman.
However, he held back from imposing an extended sentence for dangerousness, though he said he had given the matter “anxious consideration”.
He told Hartley, who appeared via video link from HMP Leeds: “Whilst I have very real concerns about you, stepping back and looking at the sentence I have imposed I have come to the conclusion that by the time you are eligible for release in respect of these sentences, the risk can be – I certainly hope – adequately managed by licence conditions.
“An extended sentence is not necessary, in my view, in your case.”
He told Hartley that he would have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, and that a restraining order would run for the same period.
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