A Castleford man has been jailed for rape and controlling and coercive behaviour.
Alexander Julien was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court last week after being found guilty of the offences by a jury following a trial in December.
The 34-year-old of Graham Drive, Castleford, was jailed for five years for the rape of a female aged over 16, reported to have taken place in Wakefield District in 2022, a charge he denied.
He was also jailed for two years for two offences of coercive and controlling behaviour (to run concurrently with each other but consecutive to the rape sentence) which he also denied.
Appearing before the court for sentencing on Thursday (22/1) Julien was sentenced to nine years and six months.
This included a further two years and six months sentence for separate drug offences which was ordered to run consecutively.
The convictions followed an investigation by the Wakefield District Safeguarding Unit.