Ryan Bonsu, 30, is assessed as posing a ‘very high risk’ of causing serious harm to females aged 16 to 19
A man tried to film himself “overpowering” and raping a teenage woman, a court has heard. Police found Ryan Bonsu had also filmed himself having consensual sex with other women without their knowledge or consent.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Bonsu has previous convictions for exposure including exposing himself to staff at a McDonald’s drive-thru and masturbating in front of them. A judge said the 30-year-old’s “predatory behaviour” had escalated over time, and he said an extended sentence was necessary to protect the public from the risk his poses to females.
The illicit video recordings came to light while Bonsu was in custody and he phoned a friend asking him to remove his computer hard drive from his flat.
The friend checked the contents of the drive and handed the device to the police. Officers were able to identify and trace women in two videos. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter
In an impact statement from the vicitm of the rape which she read to the court in person the woman said Bonsu had “stripped me of my femininity” and made her feel like an “object”.
She said she had been left suffering with post-traumatic distress disorder and flashbacks so intense they leave her struggling to breath, and she said where once she had the confidence to go out and enjoy life she can no longer do that.
The woman said the defendant had stopped her reaching her full potential. She added that she hoped justice would be done and other families will be protected from him.
Ryan Bonsu, of Heol Undeb, Beddau, had previously been convicted at trial of one count of rape and had pleaded guilty to two counts of voyeurism when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
He has two previous convictions for four offences of exposure – the first offence involved him exposing his penis and masturbating to staff at a McDonald’s drive-thru, and the second involved him masturbating in front of a woman who had gone to his house to see the spare room he had advertised on a house share website.
Abigail Jackson, for Bonsu, said the defendant was an “extremely bright and capable man” whose life had taken “a very different path to the one his family envisaged for him”. She said Bonsu had asked her to apologise to his victims, and she said he was truly sorry for everyone who had been affected by his actions.
Judge Shomon Khan said the defendant had engaged “predatory behaviour” which had escalated over time, and he told Bonsu he had “over-powered” his young victim “because of your need for sexual gratification”.
The judge said a pre-sentence report had assessed Bonsu as posing a very high risk of serious harm to females in their late teens, and he said given the contents of the report, the facts of the case, and the defendant’s previous offending he was bound to make a finding of dangerousness.
Bonsu was given a 14-year extended sentence comprising 10 years in custody followed by a four-year extended licence. He can apply to be released after serving two-thirds of the custodial element of the sentence but it will be for the Parole Board to determine if he safe to be released.
The defendant was made the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life. As part of the SHPO the defendant is prohibited from having a profile on any dating app or website in any name other than his own unless he registers that name with police.
