Man arrested for raping sleeping woman, filming sex attack

Man arrested for raping sleeping woman, filming sex attack

A 33-Year-old man who filmed himself sexually abusing a sleeping woman, has been arrested.

David Curren, who used a mobile phone to film the abuse as the woman slept.He later played the images back to himself.

AtCourt on Friday Currens, formerly of Llangollen, was jailed for three and a half years.

A jury found him guilty of sexual assault, voyeurism and three charges of taking indecent photographs of a child.

He had pleaded guilty to four offences of sexual assault involving what was shown in the footage but denied looking at them for sexual gratification.

Elen Owen, prosecuting, said Currens was easily identifiable on images “even though his face isn’t shown, because of the distinctive tattoos on his hand.”

A police hi-tech expert had recovered from deleted items four movie clips and a still image showing Currens assaulting the woman.

Dafydd Roberts, defending, said Currens had been in custody since June and had used the time to address his drug addiction.

“He is conscious of the fact that heroin and alcohol caused him to behave in this way,” said Mr Roberts.

Judge Niclas Parry imposed a sexual harm prevention order and ordered Currens to register as a sex offender – both orders are indefinite.

He told Currens, who now lives in Church Street, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire: “Months later she found out that you had sexually abused her and recorded what you have done.

He described Currens’ actions as “quite shameful behaviour” adding it was a ”distasteful case.”