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A bridesmaid-to-be (who was not named for privacy reasons) who was looking forward to her best friend’s wedding has told how her life was destroyed after she was raped by the groom and then when she exposed the rape to his bride, April, (her former best friend) she ignored her and still married him 3 weeks before his trial.
Royal Army Medical Corps officer Daniel Howard , 29, was jailed last week for seven years for rape after the bridesmaid reported the case to the police.
Royal Army Medical Corps officer Daniel Howard , 29, was jailed last week for seven years for rape after the bridesmaid reported the case to the police.
Her former best friend whom she had known since their University days said:
Revealing her heartbreak in a victim impact statement, the woman added:
The attack happened at Howard’s home following a night out in Darlington, County Durham. He left the bed he shared with fiancee April, and went to the room next door to rape her friend.
His terrified victim, a professional woman now aged 26, tried to call her own boyfriend after the attack but his phone was switched off.
His terrified victim, a professional woman now aged 26, tried to call her own boyfriend after the attack but his phone was switched off.
She went to hospital alone, where nurses contacted police.
The woman spoke of how her boyfriend had been like “a rock” as she struggled to cope, but killed himself because he couldn’t bear to think of what happened to her and that he was unavailable when she needed him most.
When Howard was arrested, he denied the allegation and tried to explain how his DNA was found on intimate swabs from his victim which was lame.
He claimed she had found a sex toy he had used weeks earlier, hidden in a drawer in the room where she stayed and had used it to leave the evidence, acting out of jealousy over his relationship with his bride, April.
His claims were dismissed by the jury at Teesside crown court, who took just 90 minutes to convict him.
In her victim statement, the former bridesmaid-tobe- said:
His claims were dismissed by the jury at Teesside crown court, who took just 90 minutes to convict him.
In her victim statement, the former bridesmaid-tobe- said:
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