A care assistant who raped a patient being treated for depression at a Kent hospital has been jailed.

John Mendy had earlier raped another woman after offering her a lift home from a nightclub.

When arrested, he told police of the respect in which he was held in The Gambia where he came from and said he could have any woman.

Mendy, 33, was working at St Martin’s Hospital, Canterbury, and was on the night shift monitoring the woman when he raped her. He had been in the UK three years.

Mendy, of Sandwich Road, Cliffsend, Ramsgate, had admitted both rapes and was given an indeterminate sentence for public protection.

He must serve at least four and a half years before he can be considered for parole.

Jailing him at Canterbury Crown Court, Judge Adele Williams said: "You were working in a position of trust and raped a patient who was suffering severe depression.

"I have come to conclusion you pose a significant risk of serious harm to women by the commission of further specified offences."

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