Overview
- Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, was found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.
- The jury acquitted him of rape and intentional strangulation linked to the January 2025 incident, as well as a separate rape and assault alleged in November 2024.
- Barron Trump, calling from the United States, dialed 999 after a brief FaceTime connection showed the woman crying and being hit, prompting police to attend.
- The justice‑perversion conviction was based on a letter Rumiantsev sent from jail urging the woman to withdraw her allegations, according to prosecutors.
- Justice Joel Bennathan instructed jurors to treat Trump’s statements with caution because he was not cross‑examined, and Rumiantsev is due for sentencing on March 27, 2026.