A serial rapist who carried out some of his attacks in Harrogate has been jailed for nine years and nine months.

Christian Krishna Martoglio, 25, of Keppel Terrace, Plymouth, was jailed at York Crown Court today for separate rape offences.

Following two investigations by North Yorkshire Police, Martoglio pleaded guilty to the rape of a woman, as well as admitting to two counts of rape, five counts of sexual assault and one of actual bodily harm against a girl under the age of 16.

The rape of the woman happened at the victim’s North Yorkshire home in 2022 following a social occasion.

At the end of the evening guests were allocated separate rooms, but the victim awoke in the early hours of the morning to find Martoglio raping her.

Following a police investigation, during which Martoglio twice denied the allegations against him, forensic tests proved otherwise. These resulted him pleading guilty when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court and today he was sentenced in York.

Detective constable Mark Nursey, of Hambleton and Richmond CID, who led this investigation, said:

The additional investigation uncovered that Martoglio took advantage of a vulnerable 15-year-old girl by subjecting her to series of sexual offences, rapes and an assault in Harrogate between January and August 2021, to which he pleaded guilty at York Crown Court in January 2024.

This has had a lasting impact on the victim who continues to have flashbacks relating to the offences committed against her, and for which she has needed counselling to help recover from the trauma.

Detective constable Abigail Garford, from the safeguarding investigation team at Harrogate, said:

Victims of  sexual abuse can make a report online with the police here or with Bridge House here. You can also contact Supporting Victims in North Yorkshire here.

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