A man who subjected a woman to a "degrading" sex ordeal has been jailed for 15 years.

A judge said the deeply affected victim had to endure Kieron Hoddinott's "abusive and entirely perverted behaviour".

The 41-year-old delivery driver, of Churchfield Avenue, Snodland, denied three charges of rape, one of attempted rape and one of sexual assault, but was convicted last month.

Prosecutor Eloise Marshall said Hoddinott forced his victim to perform sex acts on him despite her crying and begging him to stop. He also performed sex acts on her and raped her.

“She told him to stop and then just gave in,” Miss Marshall told a jury of seven men and five women at Maidstone Crown Court.

He subjected her to other degrading sex acts.

When arrested, Hoddinott denied raping the victim and claimed any sexual activity was consensual.

Irshad Sheikh, defending, was refused a request for sentence to be adjourned for a psychological report.

“He was a hard working man,” he told Judge Martin Joy.

“He is a doting and loving father.

“He knows you have a duty and will pass a significant sentence. Incarceration will have an impact on him. He will lose his house.”

Judge Joy said Hoddinott had been convicted on overwhelming evidence.

“You were entitled to call her a liar and plead not guilty, but it does you no credit,” he said.

“The position is these are serious sexual offences. You were not violent to her but this was sexually-driven behaviour.”

The victim told in a statement that she was in fear. She felt scared, alone and unwell.

“My future has been affected greatly,” she said.

“I know I will never fully recover or forget what he did. I have had counselling. I know I will never be the same again.”

A sexual harm prevention order was made and Hoddinott’s name will appear on the sex offenders’ register, both indefinitely.