The chilling act of twisted woman and her evil boyfriend as they used victim as a ‘toy’ in ‘horrific sexual attack’
A depraved woman and her evil boyfriend used a woman as a ‘toy’ in a horrifying sex attack.
Nicole Rickatson, 27, and Anthony Preston, 22, raped their victim after she refused to have a threesome at their home in Hull.
The couple treated the woman like a ‘rag doll’, ‘helping themselves to her’ and pinning her down as she attempted to resist them, Hull Crown Court heard.
Richard Butters, for the prosecution, told the court: ‘She was trying to stop this sexual attack – and that’s what it was.
‘This was a horrific sexual attack on her. She was trying to fight back and struggled to prevent this from happening, but Preston kept on pushing her down. He was making sure she couldn’t move.
‘She was saying, ‘Stop’ – she didn’t want to do any of this – but the male defendant kept on doing what he was doing.
‘Rickatson was present at the time. They just didn’t seem to care. That’s how she described it in her evidence.’
A chilling detail was also revealed to the jury during the trial – during the ‘horrific’ attack, Rickatson and Preston were smiling and laughing.
Mr Butters said:’This pair knew full well throughout this sexual attack that she did not want to be involved in any way,’ said Mr Butters. ‘She was saying, ‘No.’
‘That just made things worse because the abuse just continued. She remembered Preston saying to her that she was a ‘good girl’.
‘She described that, throughout this abuse, when she was saying “No,” both defendants, Preston and Rickatson, were laughing – and that’s a theme throughout this incident.
‘Both defendants knew that she was not consenting to any of these acts, but both abused her directly or encouraged the other to do the same. Both defendants told her that they were having fun and she remembers that, when she was being raped by Preston, Rickatson was at her side smiling.
‘Preston was asking her to stay over. She was saying, ‘No.’ That seemed to enrage Preston, and it was at that point that he forced himself upon her, raping her, and the female defendant was just smiling in the bedroom.
‘Preston was telling her to stop moving, and she remembers how Preston was so persistent that he would just not get off. She said: ‘Please don’t’ during this whole incident.
‘She remembers Preston saying all the time: ‘Just keep still,’ and she remembers her mouth being covered by him while he raped her. During the course of this, her breathing was quite rapid and she was having a panic attack, and one can understand why.
‘These two want you to believe that they had a thoroughly enjoyable threesome. They have abused her terribly.
‘[They] have not come out of the dock to give you their case. Would you want to just sit there, hide away and say nothing? They know that during the course of their interviews, they have lied. They have lied and lied again.’
Once the ordeal was over, the ‘numbed’ woman, who was left with scratch marks on her back, hurried downstairs to call a friend before the police were informed
The defence suggested the woman’s version of events was ‘packed with questions and with doubt’. Neither Preston nor Rickatson had denied having sex with her, said lawyers for the couple, with both claiming it was consensual.
‘Anthony has been steadfast in his innocence,’ said David Godfrey, representing Preston. ‘He says that she was a willing participant throughout. He accepted that he had sex with her.’
Claire Holmes, representing Rickatson, said: ‘They are inviting somebody else into their sexual world. A threesome that’s consensual rather than a vile attack.’
Detective constable Thomas Birkenhead of Humberside police hailed the woman’s courage in reporting the case.
‘The woman visited Rickatson and Preston in their home,’ he said. ‘Both Rickatson and Preston took advantage of her trust, seeing this as an opportunity to pin her down, assault, and rape her, all for their own sexual gratification.
‘In an attempt to cover up their sexual deviancy, Preston then proceeded to remove evidence from the bedroom which was later recovered by officers.
‘They then refused to admit their crimes and made the woman relive the ordeal all over again by subjecting her to a trial.
‘I’d like to commend the woman for her bravery and strength in coming forward.’
In addition to rape, Preston, who removed bloodied sheets from the bedroom in which the offence took place, was also convicted of perverting the course of justice.
Preston and Rickatson, of Allendale in east Hull, had denied three offences of rape and three offences of assault by penetration, claiming the sex was consensual.
The couple, who declined to give evidence at the trial, have been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on March 17.
Neither Preston nor Rickatson had any previous convictions.
