A Suffolk man accused of raping a woman and taking naked photos of her during a two hour ordeal after she had been on a night out in Ipswich has been jailed for nine years.

Sentencing 32-year-old James Mackenzie, Judge Emma Peters said that in addition to raping the victim he had punched her, thrown her off the bed and threatened to kill her.

She said the victim had described being "destroyed" by what Mackenzie did to her.

Mackenzie, of Kelsale, had denied orally raping the woman in December 2018 but was found guilty by a jury by a 10-2 majority verdict after a trial at Ipswich Crown Court last month. 

As well as being jailed, Mackenzie was banned from contacting the victim indefinitely and ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for life.

During the trial the court heard that the woman got into bed in a house in Ipswich wearing the jumpsuit she’d been out in and became aware of Mackenzie removing her clothing.

East Anglian Daily Times: The 32-year-old was jailed at Ipswich Crown CourtThe 32-year-old was jailed at Ipswich Crown Court (Image: Suffolk police)

Mackenzie had then removed his own clothes and had orally raped her and touched her sexually.

“She was tired and wanted nothing but to go to sleep. She certainly didn’t want sexual relations with him and told him to stop and to get off her,” said Katherine Davey, prosecuting.

She said Mackenzie had also taken naked photographs of the woman without her consent.

The photographs were later found on Mackenzie’s phone and he claimed she had been happy for him to take them.

Giving evidence, Mackenzie claimed the woman had touched him sexually and denied that she had said “no” and “stop it” when he had oral sex with her.

He accepted taking naked pictures of her but denied that she’d been trying to go to sleep at the time.

Stephen Spence, for Mackenzie, who had no previous convictions, said there had been a long delay in the case coming before the court.