A rapist jailed for an “utterly appalling” hotel sex attack on a woman so drunk she could not stand had been previously investigated by police over six similar allegations.

Seyi Odeyemi, from Ashford, had been on the radar of police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following past reports of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault against other complainants - but no charges were ever brought.

However, concerns about his behaviour were such that a court imposed what is known as a sexual risk order (SRO) in May 2022.

It meant before engaging in any sexual activity the 23-year-old was required by law to obtain what is known as “express consent”.

But in September last year the university-educated sexual predator took full advantage of his victim when she was said to be “significantly intoxicated”, incapable of agreeing to sex and, at times, not fully conscious.

Having offered her a lift home from a nightclub in north London as she waited for an Uber, he drove her to a hotel in Gravesend where he had a pre-booked room, stripped her naked and raped her.

As well as it being suspected that he may have spiked a wine bottle he had in his car and from which she was drinking on the journey, he later boasted to a friend that he had continued to have sex with her after she passed out.

Jurors also heard that he did not reveal details of his SRO that night and then, in panic that she might report him, recorded himself lying that she had phoned him and was in a “happy” mood.

Odeyemi, of Adams Drive, Willesborough, later denied rape and breach of the order but was convicted by a jury following a trial at Maidstone Crown Court in August this year.

Even after the verdicts, he maintained his innocence, blamed the woman for “misunderstanding the situation”, and wrote two letters to the court designed to create a “misleading impression” he was remorseful and had empathy.

Now, having returned on Thursday (December 5) to learn his fate, the former psychology degree student is starting a 15-and-a-half year extended prison sentence for what Judge Catherine Moore said were his “depraved and selfish sexual desires”.

His victim on the other hand was praised for her “courage, resolve and dignity” in first reporting the rape and then giving evidence against him at his trial.

Once free from prison, Odeyemi will be subject to stringent controls for 20 years, including having to give prior notification of his convictions to anyone he plans to engage in sexual activity with, including hugging and kissing, and not to drive any vehicle unless police are aware of its details.

The court heard that although she had been drinking alcohol the night she encountered Odeyemi, CCTV footage of her leaving the club showed she was able to walk unaided and had sufficient co-ordination to put her coat on while doing so.

An expert also told the jury she showed no signs of obvious intoxication at that point.

It was as she was considering the Uber price options on her phone for her journey home that Odeyemi approached and offered to take her for half price.

They did not know each other but had both been at a previous party.

The woman also told the court she thought he was funny, there was a good deal of conversation and, although he was trying to chat her up, she was reassured by his purported recognition that she “wasn't interested” so left with him feeling safe.

But on what should have been a short journey, Odeyemi, formerly from Welling, south-east London, then pretended to be lost and drove away from the capital and to the hotel.

At one stage she was seen at a McDonald’s drive-thru drinking voluntarily from the wine bottle but the circumstances of how that happened were not clear, the court was told, and there were parts of the evening she could not recall.

By the time she reached Gravesend however it was said her level of intoxication was “utterly clear” and fully known to Odeyemi.

Footage from the hotel foyer showed him giving her a piggy-back and, when he dropped her legs, she was unable to stand up or raise her head and had to shuffle into the lift with him holding on to her.

Once in the room, he ignored her pleas with “callous disregard” not to remove her clothes and then raped her, leaving her physically bruised, in pain and, the court heard, her life turned upside down.

In a victim impact statement she described now living in constant fear, looking over her shoulder, and struggling to trust others.

Sentencing Odeyemi to a 10-and-a-half year jail term with a five-year extended licence period, Judge Moore said that she “could not be sure” that his actions, although highly suspicious, were predatory from the start, that it was his intention from the start to commit rape, or that he used alcohol to facilitate the offence.

But she told him his behaviour had been “manipulative time and again” and demonstrated “a sense of entitlement”.

“I can be sure there came a time in the journey when your actions became predatory because you decided you were going to have sex with her that evening and set in train the events to ensure that would happen," said Judge Moore.

“Her feelings had been made quite clear and she needed to get home that evening...You pretended you were lost and without any discussion drove to the hotel where a booking had previously been made.

“She was too intoxicated to object or fully understand what was happening....and by the time she arrived at the hotel it is apparent she was clearly intoxicated and incapable of consenting.”

You knew full well what had happened and the jury saw through your tissue of lies that she was a willing and active participant, taking the lead

Referring to evidence from an expert who, having viewed the foyer CCTV footage, concluded the woman would have been suffering mental confusion, the judge continued: “She was entirely incapable and you well knew that.

“You had to undress her and help her use the lavatory and you raped her as she lay on the bed unable to move.

“You cared nothing about her. All you were focused on was your own depraved, selfish, sexual desires.”

Of his denials in court, Judge Moore added: “You knew full well what had happened and the jury saw through your tissue of lies that she was a willing and active participant, taking the lead.”

Odeyemi had also exaggerated his own state of drunkenness, comparing it to that of his victim, but was again shown to be lying by his ability to drive, carry her on his back and use his phone, all without difficulty, said the judge.

The SRO was imposed by Bromley magistrates after four allegations of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault were made against him between October 2019 and the autumn of 2020.

Although the resulting investigation led to no convictions or even charges, police felt the need to go to court and apply for the order to protect members of the public from any future risk.

Judge Moore said that such was Odeyemi’s “sense of entitlement and arrogance” that he thought he could “behave however he so wished” and the woman would not go to police.

But she added he had “severely underestimated her courage and resolve”.

Odeyemi, who has no previous convictions, was described as well-educated, having a positive work ethic and from a supportive family and background.

But Judge Moore slammed his letters in which he had written there was “no excuse for his behaviour” despite still maintaining his innocence.

She said they had been penned by him “in an effort to overcome a highly critical pre-sentence report”.

“You are, I have no doubt, an intelligent, articulate man and you have chosen your words with precision to give the misleading impression you have remorse and victim empathy,” she told Odeyemi.

“It is quite clear you do not.”

On the issue as to whether the wine had been spiked, the court heard it was accepted by the prosecution that it could not be sure “to the criminal standard”.

Under an extended sentence for public protection, he will have to serve at least two-thirds of the jail term before he can apply for parole, which will only be granted if it is considered safe to do so.

Once released, he will then have five years added to any licence period.

Odeyemi will also be subject to indefinite sex offender notification requirements, as well as an indefinite restraining order.

Judge Moore added that the conditions of the 20-year sexual harm prevention order were onerous but necessary and proportionate.

None of us can imagine how terrifying that must have been for her

Following the case’s conclusion, James Burnham, district crown prosecutor at the CPS, said: “This was an utterly appalling attack on a woman who was incapable of standing when they arrived at the hotel, being carried into the hotel by Odeyemi, and was clearly unable to consent to sex in any way.

“The woman woke up in complete state of shock to find a man she did not know in the room with her, being abusive about her to her friend and telling her that sexual activity had taken place between them.

“None of us can imagine how terrifying that must have been for her.

He added: “Not only did Odeyemi pre-book the hotel room, showing a level of planning before the attack, but he also falsely claimed that the woman had engaged in consensual sexual activity.

“This was a clear case of rape, with the woman unable to consent to any form of sexual activity and that would have been clear to the defendant.”