A UNIVERSITY student who raped or sexually assaulted four of his teen classmates has been jailed.
Alex Patel-Wills, 26, was slapped with a 25 year prison sentence at Lewes Crown Court on Friday after being found guilty of the string of rapes.
The foul student had committed the horror attacks against four separate women over a period of years.
Sussex Police launched an investigation into the ex-University of Sussex student after a woman reported being raped by him at a property in Brighton.
Patel-Wills was arrested on suspicion of rape shortly after the report.
A further probe into the fiend found four more victims spanning several years between 2018 and 2021.
A woman in her then-late teens, who was known to Patel-Wills, reported being raped and sexually abused by him on multiple occasions in Brighton between 2018 and 2019.
Another woman, also in her late teens, was raped by the vile student at a property in London while in a vulnerable state.
In May, 2020, Patel-Wills sexually assaulted another woman at a property on the university campus.
Four months later he raped a fourth woman at his home in Brighton.
The foul ex-student was charged with five counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration, and remanded in custody.
At Lewes Crown Court on Thursday, 16 October, the jury found Patel-Wills guilty of offences relating to every victim.
These included four counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual assault by penetration.
He was found not guilty of one count of rape and one count of assault by penetration.
Patel-Wills will serve 19 years in custody and a further six on extended licence.
Detective Constable Vicki Blythe said: “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to these brave women for reporting Alex Patel-Wills’ crimes to the police and helping us put him behind bars.
“Every perpetrator brought to justice makes Sussex a safer place for women and girls, and we will continue to work hard to prevent offending, hold offenders to account and support victims.
“Sussex Police is committed to supporting victims of sexual offending and doing all we can to secure the justice they deserve.
“If you are a victim of sexual offending, please report to us in confidence online, via 101 or by calling 999 in an emergency.”
