Man jailed for serious sexual assault
The offences happened in May 2022.
A man's been jailed after pleading guilty to multiple offences against three victims, including a serious sexual assault at knife point.
The offences happened in May 2022.
21 year-old Woundoson Gabre, of Saltash Road, Rodbourne, appeared at Swindon Crown Court today and was sentenced to 13 years - he was also put on the sex offenders' register for life.
In the early hours of May 29, 2022, Woundoson targeted the first of his victims, a woman in her 50s, in an alleyway between Corporation Street and Aylesbury Street, Swindon, while she was walking home from a night out.
He attempted to rape her before a member of the public intervened, at which point Gabre pretended that he was also trying to help the victim, while also calling 999 himself, lying to officers about the incident and claiming to have been assaulted himself.
On May 30, the day after attempting to rape his first victim, Gabre targeted two more women in separate incidents.
At around 1.30am on May 30, Gabre physically assaulted a woman in her 30s in Manchester Road, punching her multiple times before trying to rape her.
She was fortunately able to fight back and flee on Gabre’s bicycle.
Later that day, at around 8pm, Gabre brought his third victim, a woman in her 30s, back to his house in Saltash Road before raping her at knife point.
Following a lengthy courts process, which involved Gabre changing his plea, he was sentenced today.