Ross Davidson was discovered responsible of rape (Picture: BBC)
Ex-Spandau Ballet frontman Ross Davidson has been discovered responsible of rape immediately (January 28) at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket. Jurors discovered him responsible of raping a lady in London in 2015, and of making an attempt to rape and sexually assaulting one other lady in Thailand in 2019.
The 37-year-old is finest identified by his stage title Ross Wild, and carried out because the singer for 80s band Spandau Ballet in addition to touchdown a starring function in Queen musical We Will Rock You on the West Finish. He had pleaded not responsible to each counts, insisting his actions have been consensual. However jurors discovered him responsible on all counts after greater than 11 hours of deliberation.
Prosecutor Richard Hearnden stated Davidson had been seen as “a little bit of a intercourse image”, however the two ladies claimed he had “a a lot darker aspect that they didn’t discover” at first.
He faces time behind bars (Picture: Getty)
The Aberdeen-born singer and songwriter dedicated the assaults as a result of he believed he may get “intercourse on demand”.
Though he was thought of “charming and charismatic”, it was this expectation that led him to commit the crimes if he did not obtain what he believed he deserved, Mr Hearnden stated.
Davidson described himself as “intercourse optimistic” and that he appreciated “open dialogue, open-mindedness about folks’s predilections, simply an openness to attempting totally different sexual appetites”.
Talking to the jury, the sufferer stated Davidson attacked her whereas she was asleep, leaving her feeling “helpless” and “scared to react”.
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Jurors heard he “talked about he appreciated the concept of getting intercourse with a model, an individual in a helpless state, somebody not shifting”. In addition they heard that he put the girl in a intercourse collar and wrist cuffs for 20 minutes with out her permission.
He did take away them when requested, although the sufferer was “confused” and “in a state of shock”.
Davidson branded the claims “an out-and-out lie”.
The second lady, in Thailand, claimed Davidson instructed her “thanks for being cool about it” when she managed to speak him down from raping her.
An extra listening to date is ready for February 4th (Picture: Getty)
The tried rape occurred after Davidson and the girl had drunken intercourse the night time earlier than, and he or she hung out with him on a seaside and sightseeing journey.
Detectives managed to trace her down after discovering Davidson’s cell phone video exhibiting her being fondled whereas loud night breathing, “asleep, nonetheless and unresponsive” and “not less than half bare” in a Thailand resort bed room, the prosecution stated.
She had no thought the video existed till the police instructed her in 2023.
Davidson admitted to a voyeurism cost over the video, however denied sexual assault from the identical incident. He claimed he created the video for “egocentric causes, for sexual gratification” and he “had permission to the touch her however to not movie”.
Then, getting emotional, he instructed the jury: ”I want I had by no means accomplished it.”
Davidson faces jail time, with a sentencing date on account of be mentioned at an additional listening to on February 4th.
