Jayden Thorpe

Introduction

Jayden Thorpe is a 25-year-old man from Rainworth in Nottinghamshire who was jailed for eight years at Nottingham Crown Court after being found guilty of raping and strangling a woman and of subjecting her to a campaign of controlling and coercive behaviour. Nottinghamshire Police, which investigated the case, said Thorpe subjected the woman to a “catalogue of abuse” throughout 2024 and 2025, raping and strangling her on separate occasions and then attempting, after his arrest, to pressure her into withdrawing her police statement . He denied every offence he faced, forcing a crown court trial at which he was found guilty of rape, intentional strangulation, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and perverting the course of justice .

Background Information

Thorpe, of Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, was 25 years old when he was sentenced. According to Nottinghamshire Police, the woman he abused was targeted throughout 2024 and 2025, with the offending taking place over a “sustained amount of time” and leaving her fearing serious violence . The rape and the strangulation occurred on separate occasions, and alongside those violent assaults the force said he subjected her to a “campaign of controlling and coercive behaviour” — a sustained pattern rather than a single incident . The case was investigated by Nottinghamshire Police and dealt with at Nottingham Crown Court, where the charges arising from that pattern of abuse were put to a jury after Thorpe denied them.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted at trial of rape and intentional strangulation; jailed for eight years.

Thorpe was charged in February and denied each offence, prompting a trial at Nottingham Crown Court. He was found guilty of rape, intentional strangulation, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and perverting the course of justice — four convictions that are matters of court record, established at trial because he admitted none of the charges against him. On Tuesday 10 November 2026 he was jailed for eight years at Nottingham Crown Court .

The perverting-the-course-of-justice conviction followed his conduct after arrest: the force said Thorpe unsuccessfully tried to stop the investigation by putting pressure on the woman to withdraw her statement . Police said his offending took place over a “sustained amount of time”, leaving the woman fearing serious violence, and that the abuse amounted to a “catalogue of abuse” sustained across 2024 and 2025 rather than an isolated incident . The jury’s verdicts covered the full span of that conduct: the sexual violence, the strangulation, the controlling and coercive behaviour in between, and the attempt to derail the case against him once he was in custody.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The immediate consequence of the verdicts was an eight-year prison term, and when Thorpe returned to court for sentencing he was also made the subject of a restraining order banning him from contacting the woman in any way . The public account of the case came from Nottinghamshire Police, whose investigating officer, Det Con Abbie Rowson, said: “Jayden Thorpe was responsible for a catalogue of horrible abuse against the same woman” .

Rowson set out the scale of the offending in her statement: “As well as raping her - a truly horrific offence on its own - he physically and emotionally abused her too.” She credited the victim for bringing the case to court: “It is to her absolute credit then that she found the courage to tell the police what Thorpe had done, so that we could take action” . The detective added that the woman’s bravery “has been unwavering in the months since and in the resulting trial, which thankfully ensured justice was served” .

Current Status

Thorpe is serving an eight-year prison sentence imposed at Nottingham Crown Court on 10 November 2026, and he remains subject to a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting the woman he abused in any way . His convictions for rape, intentional strangulation, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and perverting the course of justice stand as findings of the crown court jury that heard the case after he denied each offence. Any breach of the restraining order’s ban on contact would itself be a matter for the courts.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Thorpe’s life is now defined by the record the trial produced: four convictions — for rape, intentional strangulation, controlling and coercive behaviour, and perverting the course of justice — an eight-year custodial sentence, and a restraining order that permanently prohibits him from contacting his victim . Because he denied every charge and forced a trial, the jury’s verdicts represent a full judicial rejection of his account, and the force’s public description of his conduct as a “catalogue of horrible abuse” is now attached to his name on the court record. For the woman at the centre of the case, the outcome came at the cost of giving evidence in a trial her abuser forced by denying the charges; Nottinghamshire Police’s detective framed the result as her courage being vindicated, saying the resulting trial “thankfully ensured justice was served” .

Sources

• “Rainworth man who raped and strangled woman jailed” — BBC News, 12 November 2026: source