The Peterborough Rapist, Matthew Fox has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of raping a woman in a car park in Peterborough city centre. His aberrant family was entirely implicated.
Law enforcement apprehended Matthew Fox, 33, as he descended from the incapacitated victim lying on the ground in the early hours of 22 July 2022.
CCTV operators monitored the couple as they exited a neighbouring pub and notified the police due to concerns for the woman’s wellbeing, suspecting her to be significantly intoxicated.
Traffic authorities discovered the duo at the apex of a ramp leading to a parking facility on Cattle Market Road, with Matthew Fox dismounting from the woman who was lying motionless on the ground.
An ambulance was sent, transporting the woman to the hospital, where she regained consciousness several hours later. Matthew Fox was detained on suspicion of sexual assault.
He denied a charge of rape but a jury unanimously found him guilty following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court earlier this year.
The court heard how the pair were not known to each other but had met whilst drinking in a bar and leaving together.
In police interview, Matthew Fox said they began kissing in the bar before starting to walk to his car and having consensual sex in a doorway a few times.
They continued walking when she tripped and fell, so he picked her up and carried her along Cattle Market Way where they again had consensual sex. However, when police arrived, the woman was unresponsive.
Matthew Fox, of Stumpacre, Bretton, Peterborough, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court today (Friday) where he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Matthew Fox was also sentenced for perverting the course of justice, after admitting the offence alongside his cousin, Alfie Smith, 27, sister, Jamie-Lee Fox, 37 and mum, Alison Quinn-Gajdur, 58.
After Fox’s charge and remand in prison for rape, police discovered how he had been in contact with the trio, requesting them to contact the victim on his behalf so she would “realise how serious this was” and she would “give an accurate statement”.
The victim received multiple calls to her mobile from an unknown number, later found to be Alfie Smith, trying to intimidate her into changing her account to police, while Jamie-Lee Fox sent the woman messages via Facebook and Quinn-Gajdur assisted with contacting the victim and would provide updates to her son in prison.
Alfie Smith, of Black Prince Avenue, Market Deeping, Peterborough; Jamie-Lee Fox, of Cleve Place, Eye, Peterborough; and Quinn-Gajdur, of Stumpacre, Bretton, Peterborough, are all due to be sentenced on Wednesday (9 October).
Detective Constable Abbie McQuaid, who investigated, said: “Matthew Fox took advantage of the woman being intoxicated. She was in no position to consent to sexual activity and required medical assistance.
“We have been working closely with businesses and partner agencies across the county to identify predatory behaviour and safeguard women and girls.
“Thanks to CCTV operators who were concerned about what they saw, our officers were alerted and were able to intervene.
“Anyone found to be interfering with an investigation and trying to pervert the course of justice will be dealt with robustly.”
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