A MAN who objects when “things are not going the way he wants them to go” has been jailed for raping a young woman.

In a victim personal statement, the undergraduate said the actions of Jamie Paul Cudine, 31, had changed her permanently and left her with nightmares and other psychological effects.

A jury at York Crown Court heard they first met through Cudine’s work at a city centre takeaway and that the rape happened after she had an argument with her friends and looked to Cudine for comfort.

Cudine, of Monkton Road, York, denied rape but was convicted at the end of a week-long trial.

He was jailed for four and a half years, made subject to a lifelong sexual harm prevention order banning him from ever contacting the woman again and put on the sex offenders’ register, also for life.

Judge Andrew Stubbs QC said Cudine was aware the woman had had far too much to drink and that she had been telling him no from the start of the rape. “This has had a terrible effect upon her,” he said.

In her statement, the woman said: “Prior to the rape, I was a happy, confident person. I do not think I will ever be that person again.”

In mitigation, Laura Addy said Cudine had suffered from depression and anxiety for a long time and had difficulty holding down jobs because he spoke out whenever he saw something he considered “unjust”.

“When things are not going the way he wants them to go,” the judge said.

Ms Addy said Cudine had suffered a head injury in a car crash which may explain his attitude to matters at work.

He had not physically injured the woman during the rape and had called a taxi to help her get home afterwards, she said. His family were standing by him.

The woman had to endure an extra five-month wait to give evidence because Cudine arrived for his trial in January in such a state his barrister had asked for the case to be adjourned.