"Dangerous predator" Jermaine Robinson jailed for 13 years after Radford sex attack

A man who sexually assaulted a woman after viciously attacking her with a brick has been jailed for 13 years.

Jermaine Robinson, 27, of Basford Road, Whitemoor, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm (GBH) and sexual assault following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

He was handed a 13 year sentence for the GBH to serve a minimum of nine years. He was given an eight year sentence for the sexual assault. The terms will run concurrently.

The court heard how Robinson befriended his 18-year-old victim as she walked through Radford in the early hours of 26 June.

Robinson became angry when she rejected his sexual advances and hit her over the head with a brick and punched her repeatedly to the head and face, causing her to fall down unconscious.

She awoke to find Robinson sexually assaulting her. He told his victim, who was bleeding heavily from her head, that they had been attacked by another person.

Despite the woman’s pleas, Robinson made no attempt to help her and she managed to flee to a nearby street and call an ambulance.

Robinson had left the scene when police and ambulance arrived but was arrested three days later after a police officer recognised him from CCTV footage recorded on the night of the attack.

Robinson continued to deny that he assaulted the woman and insisted that he had left her alone to get drugs and found her unconscious when he returned.

He pleaded not guilty to both charges but was convicted by a jury. He was sentenced today (Thursday 14 February).

Detective Constable Kayne Rukas, who led the investigation, said: “Robinson is a dangerous predator who has shown no remorse for the violent and cruel attack.

“He put his victim through further trauma but making her endure a public trial, where she had to relive the horrifying events of that night.

“He launched a vicious attack on her and did nothing to help her. Even passers-by who were clearly concerned for the woman were warned off by him.

“The victim has showed remarkable strength and bravery throughout this ordeal and I hope that she is now able to rebuild her life in the knowledge that her attacker is exactly where he belongs and can not hurt anyone else.”