Overview
- Christopher Rudd, 34, was sentenced at King's Lynn Crown Court on November 17, 2025, to 20 years in prison plus four years on licence following a week-long trial in August.
- A jury unanimously convicted him of 12 counts of raping a child, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one count of causing fear of violence.
- The offending spanned eight years in the King's Lynn area and included choking, kicking, and punching, with the victim’s fingers fractured on one occasion.
- Recorder Rouse KC described Rudd as a manipulative predator void of empathy and said the offending was exceptional in its gravity, imposing lifetime placement on the Sex Offenders Register, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and an indefinite restraining order.
- In a statement read in court, the victim described long-term trauma and said she feels finally free, while Norfolk Constabulary praised her courage and urged others affected by abuse to come forward.