Rapist held two women hostage with machete, saw and hammer

Anthony Hutchings (pictured), 27, has been jailed for 16 years for three rapes, two counts of false imprisonment, encouraging an offence, sexual assault, car theft and breaching a suspended sentence

A rapist has been jailed after holding two women hostage in a summerhouse and forcing one to stab the other.

Twisted Anthony Hutchings, 27, used a machete, knife, saw and hammer as he attacked his victims at his home.

He was in the outbuilding in Seasalter, Kent, with his victims when he claimed a ‘rock’ of cocaine had been stolen from him.   

On Thursday, he was given an immediate 16-year-prison sentence at Canterbury Crown Court but told he would only be released if the Parole Board ruled it was safe.

The court heard Hutchings kept the women prisoner inside the property for two hours, forcing one to strip and endure an internal search for the drugs.

He repeatedly kicked and punched both of them and held a machete to one of their throats.

The sick attacker then handed one of them a kitchen knife and forced her to stab the other in the leg before also hitting her across the face with a saw.

The woman who was stabbed eventually managed to leave, but Hutchings subjected the other victim to further violence and abuse and forced her to swallow medication that was not hers.

He also raped her three times and assaulted her with a hammer.

Following the attacks, Hutchings stole a car and fled to Northamptonshire, where he was arrested three days later.

Judge Simon James said the rape victim was taken to hospital for two weeks and suffered ‘significant and ongoing psychological trauma’.

He said: ‘I am afraid I feel compelled to the conclusion that you pose a serious risk of causing harm to women.

‘You have repeatedly demonstrated an apparent inability to control your temperament.

‘And although you made self-serving admissions at the start of your trial, I note you still deny the rapes and there is nothing indicative of true remorse.

‘And there is information that you have used violence against women in the past, offences which represent a pattern of behaviour.’

He held two women hostage in a summerhouse at his home in Seasalter, Kent, before forcing one to stab the other. Pictured: Canterbury Crown Court where he was sentenced

Hutchings was convicted in December of three rapes, two counts of false imprisonment, encouraging an offence, sexual assault, car theft and breaching a suspended sentence.

He had also pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and perverting the course of justice.

The judge added another four years which Hutchings, who appeared in court by prison video link, will serve on licence when he is finally released.

Investigating officer DC Heather Moore said: ‘Hutchings is a violent man who put his victims through hours of misery and pain.

‘He is clearly a danger to women and these aggressive outbursts are inexcusable.

‘This has been difficult for the victims who have endured a trial on top of their ordeal and I’m just pleased it has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence.’      

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