A FATHER has been jailed for more than five years for sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman in Woking.
Civil servant Mark Scully, 37, of Gole Road Pirbright, lured his victim into a wooded copse near Green Hayes Place to carry out the offence.
Scully approached the woman on a train from Waterloo on July 27, 2012, and offered to help her get a taxi home after she missed her station.
But once they got off the train at Woking Station, he led away and sexually assaulted her, in which she suffered face and neck injuries.
At Guildford Crown Court on Friday, the dad of one was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for the offence, which took place at around 12.30am.
He had been found guilty of one count of sexual assault by penetration at a previous hearing on Friday, March 22 by a jury of eight men and four women.
'knight in shining armour'
Detective Constable Tim Budd, of the Surrey Police Sexual Offences Investigation Team, said Scully was a predatory sexual offender.
"His pre-meditated actions are those of a nightmare which became a reality for this victim and instead of being the knight in shining armour Scully had portrayed himself as, his actions were those of a violent offender." he said.
"He has shown no remorse throughout the trial and his demeanour before the court has demonstrated his lack of humanity.
"This has been a lengthy, in-depth investigation involving many officers including specialists trained to work with victims of sexual offences, CID officers, members of the Safer Neighbourhood Team and colleagues from British Transport Police.
"I hope that today's outcome will go some way to providing the victim with the strength to pick up the pieces of her life and put this traumatic experience aside."
