MAN JAILED FOR RAPING WOMAN
A man aged 34 has been sentenced to more than six and a half years’ imprisonment after being convicted of raping a woman in 2023.Ryan Kerr, of Wells, denied the allegations but was found guilty in December by a jury.
He was then sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday (6 March).
He raped the victim while she was sleeping at a house in July 2023.
The police investigation was conducted by a dedicated rape and serious sexual offences unit, Operation Bluestone, leading to Kerr’s arrest and subsequent charges.
While Kerr claimed the act was consensual, the jury returned a guilty verdict in December at Taunton Crown Court.
He was sentenced that day to six years and nine months' imprisonment and received an indefinite restraining order, barring him from contacting the victim.
