Anthony William Graham facing charges of attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, false imprisonment and two counts of rape
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A man who bound and raped a woman also left a dog walker with irreparable brain damage after carrying out a hammer attack, a court heard.
Anthony William Graham had developed an “obsession” with his female victim before his attack, Teesside Crown Court was told.
Graham, of Doxford Walk, Hemlington, Middlesbrough, is on trial facing charges of attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, false imprisonment and two counts of rape, all of which are alleged to have taken place in October last year.
He pleaded not guilty to all five offences.
Prosecutor Caroline Goodwin told a jury that on the night of October 6 last year, Graham, 46, entered a house in Redcar and grabbed his victim by the hair, dragging her to a nearby house where he attacked her more than once.
Ms Goodwin told the court: “The defendant had developed a fixation with her. By his own admission, he reported that he watched her.
“He would see where she was and with whom she was.”
On the day of the attack, Ms Goodwin said the victim was followed by the defendant to a relative’s house.
She said when the woman later left the house, Graham was waiting for her with a bunch of flowers.
She said because Graham felt hurt and angry at “being rebuffed”, he “was waiting to make his move and he was going to punish her.”
That night, the victim was in the kitchen of a house, dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown, when she was grabbed from behind.
Ms Goodwin told jurors the woman was dragged by her hair out of the house to a nearby address.
She added: “He tied her up by actually using the belt from the dressing gown.
He was making repeated threats to kill her.
“He said he had paid someone £2,500 to have holes dug on the moors to put her in.
“She was tied up and terrified. He made it clear that he was going to have violent sex with her.”
He then raped her, the court heard, more than once.
The next night, Graham is accused of attacking a man, hitting him twice to the head with a hammer while he was out walking his dog, in what the prosecutor described as a “deliberate assault with a murderous intention.”
The 65-year-old was put into a coma after he suffered life-threatening head injuries in the “vicious” attack at around midnight on Chestnut Avenue in Redcar.
Ms Goodwin told the jury the victim would not be appearing in court as he was left with irreparable brain damage and was not fit to give evidence.
She also said that during prison visits while Graham was on remand, he was recorded making reference to a claw hammer, having a mask and burning his clothes.
He was also recorded using the phrase “I brayed him” and said: “I knew he was going to walk his dog, so I laid in wait for him.”
Proceeding.
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