Oswestry rapist warned he faces several years in prison
A man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in her own home has been warned he faces a substantial jail sentence.
Borislav Ivanov was found guilty of four counts of rape and two charges of sexual assault relating to events on April 5 and August 24 last year at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday.
Ivanov had denied forcing a 48-year-old woman to have sex. But the jury returned unanimous verdicts on three of the rape charges and one sexual assault and 10-2 majority verdicts on the remaining charges.
Mr Recorder Martin Butterworth adjourned sentence until March 26 and said Ivanov must prepare himself for a sentence of several years.
During a four-day trial at Shrewsbury Crown Court, the jury heard that the victim claimed she was attacked by Ivanov
Ivanov, 34, of Llys Road in Oswestry, at a house party where they met and then four months later in her own home.
After the first incident the woman was left shocked, stunned and confused and it was only after the second alleged assaults in August that she went to the police.
The prosecution said the victim had been powerless to resist Ivanov, who was younger and stronger, during the incidents.
Ivanov had denied having forced the woman to have sex at the party on April 5 and claimed she had invited him into her home on August 24 before they had consensual sex.
