A predator who raped and sexually abused two women after rendering them 'insensible' with ketamine has been jailed for 18 years. Khamal Hussain, 47, of Nevinson Avenue, South Shields, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court after being convicted of assault by penetration on the first victim and rape, assault by penetration and two counts of sexual assault on the second victim.
The court heard that Hussain had been released under investigation by police for abusing the first victim when he went on to rape the second woman. One of the victims was driven to the brink of suicide and both have been left severely traumatised. A judge paid tribute to their bravery, saying that they had saved other women from falling victim to Hussain, who has been assessed as posing a very high risk of causing serious harm to women.
The first victim had been out socialising and was drunk when Hussain spoke to her about religion and spirituality and claimed he was able to read people's auras. She ended up going to his home with a friend and remembers telling him she had never taken ketamine and never would. Hussain gave her what he told her was cocaine but was, in fact, ketamine and she ended up in a bad way and feeling like she was 'in another world'. She only has fragmented memories, one of which was the weight of him on top of her sexually abusing her.
His second victim was feeling vulnerable and had been drinking when Hussain approached her, convincing her to come to his house. He switched off his doorbell camera before taking her inside, where two lines of ketamine were already laid out in his bedroom. She consumed one of them and subsequently drifted in and out of consciousness whilst being sick. Hussain sexually assaulted and raped her. The woman told her friend she had blacked out and when she regained consciousness, Hussain referenced sex having occurred.
Sentencing him to 18 years imprisonment, with an additional four-year extended licence period, Judge Tom Moran said: 'The jury heard you said to one victim that you liked to see how different women reacted to being given ketamine. That was a partial admission.' The judge stated the complete truth was he administered ketamine as a 'way of making them insensible so you could rape and sexually abuse them'.
