20/04/2026
RYAN ASHMAN
released from prison
now living in York, in an AP hostel
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**PLEASE SHARE** Ra**st Ryan Ashman r***d and beat a woman at his west Hull flat
THE sister of a woman who died months after being beaten and r***d has described her as “loving and caring”, and someone who “wouldn’t hurt a fly”.
Her attacker, Ryan Ashman, 32, had only been released from prison months earlier for repeatedly ra**ng a teenage girl he dragged off the streets.
A judge said his five-year sentence for those offences seemed “lenient”.
Ashman’s latest victim, who was homeless and had a long-term drug problem, sought shelter at his west Hull flat on February 15.
She previously lived with him, but moved out on February 5 after police warned her to look into his background, and she discovered he was a ra**st.
Ashman gave her a Valentine’s card, which she “took no real notice of”, and then chatted to her before ra**ng her.
Sentencing Ashman at Hull Crown Court, Judge Mark Bury told him: “I’m quite satisfied she told you to stop. You became angry.”
Ashman punched the woman three times in the face, fracturing her cheekbone, and also tore her clothes.
Ashman, of Walliker Street, claimed they had consensual s*x, but was convicted by a jury last week of r**e, false imprisonment and inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Six members of that jury attended his sentencing hearing yesterday.
His victim’s death was recorded as “unexplained” after she died in April.
But her sister said the ordeal “changed her” and caused her to start drinking heavily.
In a victim statement, she described her as “the most loving and caring of us all”, someone who was “bubbly and wouldn’t hurt a fly”.
“She told me she had started drinking to block out what had happened.
“She said she just couldn’t believe what had happened.
“Her life on drugs and on the streets had been difficult, but she had never been like this before. It had changed her.
“It had shattered her and upset her deeply.”
The judge told Ashman: “It would be wrong for me to speculate about the cause of her death, but her last few weeks and months had been blighted by what you did.”
On February 8, Ashman was arrested when he was found in possession of a knife after he became aggressive with a member of the public, who sought sanctuary in The Punch pub in Hull city centre.
Judge Bury said the circumstances of the offences, his history, and a probation service report, “make it quite plain to me that you are a dangerous offender, that is to say a person who is likely to cause serious harm to the public, in your case, s*xual harm, by the commission of further, specified s*xual offences”.
Ashman was handed a 14-year extended sentence.
He must serve at least two-thirds of the ten-year custodial element of the sentence before he can apply for release on licence.
He would only be released at that stage if the Parole Board is satisfied he is no longer dangerous.
February 2011
Jailed: Ryan Ashman was jailed for five years after a jury took an hour to convict him of r**e and false imprisonment.
A RA**ST dragged a teenage girl off the street, locked her in his flat and subject her to repeated s*x attacks.
Ryan Ashman, 26, grabbed the 16-year-old girl as she walked home from a doctor’s appointment.
He locked her in his flat before ra**ng her five times. She only managed to escape once he had fallen asleep and she ran to a dog walker for help.
The honorary Recorder of Hull and the East Riding Judge Michael Mettyear jailed him for five years after a jury took just an hour to convict him of five r**es and false imprisonment.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Hull Crown Court her attacker, who smelled of “vodka and sweat” and had lightening tattoos on both arms, attacked her as she walked along Tennyson Avenue in Bridlington.
She said: “He grabbed me from behind, put his hand over my mouth and dragged me through the door.
“I went to the window and screamed for help at the top of my voice but he pulled me away and threw me down by my hair.
“I sat in the corner scrunched up, crying. He put his hand over my mouth and said ‘don’t say any more or I will really hurt you’.
“I just laid there frozen. He had a knife shoved down the side of his settee.
“He fell asleep and I took the chance to take the keys and get out. I just ran.”
Ashman, of Tennyson Avenue, claimed his victim had consented to s*x.
Ashman, who has a previous conviction for indecently assaulting a three-year-old boy, has been ordered to sign the S*x Offenders Register for life.
Detective Constable Dean Smith said: “I would like to praise the courage of the victim in coming forward which has led to the imprisonment of this man.
“Officers worked hard to bring this man to justice and I hope that now the victim can move on with her life.”
