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London Man Convicted of Assault After Barron Trump Reported Video-Call Attack

Jurors also found Matvei Rumiantsev guilty of perverting the course of justice after prosecutors linked the violence to jealousy and presented evidence from a U.S.-to-UK 999 call.

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A man was found guilty on Wednesday of assaulting a woman, in a case that involved the son of the US president, who told UK police he'd seen the attack last year.
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Overview

  • The Snaresbrook Crown Court jury convicted the 22-year-old of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and perverting the course of justice, and acquitted him of rape and intentional strangulation charges tied to the same period.
  • Barron Trump, 19, called UK emergency services from the United States after seeing the woman distressed during a FaceTime call and provided her details once he reached a 999 operator.
  • Prosecutors said Rumiantsev’s actions were driven by jealousy over the woman’s friendship with Trump, a claim the defendant acknowledged in part by admitting he was jealous to some extent.
  • The perverting the course of justice conviction stemmed from contact after his arrest, including a letter sent from prison urging the woman to withdraw her allegations.
  • In testimony played in court, the woman said Trump’s intervention helped save her life, and police body-worn video showed officers finding her shaken before arresting Rumiantsev at the east London flat.