Overview
- Jurors at Bournemouth Crown Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict for rape and sexual assault after almost five hours of deliberation.
- Prosecutors said the victim’s covert phone recording captured the build-up, the assault, and the aftermath, including her repeated refusals and the defendant’s apology.
- Chret Callender, 28, from Trinidad, was living at the Home Office-run Britannia Hotel in Bournemouth while appealing a rejected asylum claim.
- The attack occurred in the victim’s Bournemouth home in the early hours of 14 June after Callender arrived drunk following a night out.
- Callender denied raping the woman and claimed she fabricated the recording, while his counsel indicated he is willing to engage the Early Removal Scheme after sentencing.