Man jailed for eight years for raping a sex worker

A 28 year old man from Queensbridge Road has been jailed for eight years for raping a sex worker.

Dwayne Johnson, 28, was sentenced on 7th January 2014 after being found guilty on 25th November 2014 at Blackfriars Crown Court of raping a 41-year-old woman.

The court was told that Johnson approached the victim on a motorbike on 30th June 2014 at 03:00hrs while she was working in the Shackwell Lane area of Hackney.

After agreeing a price for sex, Johnson took the victim to a garden at the back of Somerford Grove. While there he turned violent and threatened to harm her with a knife before anally raping her.

“Johnson violently assaulted and overpowered the victim by threatening to use a knife to harm her. I praise the victim for her courage and bravery in coming forward – it has been an incredibly stressful and traumatic time for her – and I am pleased that Johnson has now been jailed,” said Investigating officer Detective Constable Jane Tunnicliff, from the Met’s Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.