Rapist with ‘a sense of entitlement to sex’ jailed

Man told one victim – ‘Your mouth says no, but your body says yes’

An arrogant rapist with a “sense of entitlement” towards women has been locked up for nine years.

Jason Okwara was jailed after being convicted at the High Court in Glasgow.

Okwara was found guilty of raping two women and sexually assaulting a third between 2004 and 2012 at different locations in Dundee. Jurors heard how he told one victim: “Your mouth says no, but your body says yes”.

The 45-year-old – believed to be originally from the United States – denied the offences.

Lady Rae said pre-sentencing reports on Okwara “did not make good reading”.

She said it appeared he believed he had “a sense of entitlement to women and sex”.

The judge told Okwara: “You have shown no remorse and you still maintain your innocence.

“These three women were unknown to each other, but, according to you, have lied.”

The first rape occurred on a “particularly vulnerable” woman at a property in Broughty Ferry in 2004. She was asleep at the time having previously told Okwara she did not want to have sex. It was stated she was “incapable of giving or withholding consent”.

Okwara, also of Dundee, struck again five years later at a different address in the city. Jurors heard this victim “simply froze” as he told her “your body says yes” while raping her.

Okwara later molested a third victim in August 2012. She believed he only stopped when she shouted at him.

He was finally caught during a probe into the attacks years later.

The ensuing trial prompted a new deal on the way rape victims are treated in Scotland after one of the women said she was confronted by a laughing Okwara in the public precincts of the court.

She also told how procedures for her to give evidence in court broke down, and how she only learned Okwara was to be prosecuted after she heard a witness had been cited.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will now ask victims to reveal their experiences dealing with the justice system in a bid to improve the service provided to victims of sexual crime.

In his closing speech to the jury, prosecutor Alan Cameron said Okwara was guilty of a “course of conduct of serious sexual offending”.

Iain Paterson, defending, told the court Okwara continues to have the “support” of his fiancée.

You have shown no remorse and you still maintain your innocence. JUDGE LADY RAE