The shocking moment a West Midlands sex offender is arrested after raping two women at gunpoint

This is the moment that West Midlands Police officers arrested a sex offender who raped two women at gunpoint.

Troy Tomlin targeted the women after making contact via an escort website.

The 27 year-old, of Portland Road, Birmingham, arranged to meet one of the women in a flat near the city centre just before midnight on June 1 last year after sending her a text message.

He arrived wearing a face covering saying it was to protect his identity as he had arrived straight from work.

He then pulled out what appeared to be a gun and demanded to know where the woman’s money was.

She handed over some cash before Tomlin went into another room where he found a friend of the woman.

She also handed him some money, before he went on to rape both women. At one point, he held the gun to one of the women’s heads as he demanded to see their ID cards.

He told the women that he would go to their homes and kill them if anyone told the police.

Both of the women managed to flee from the property and raise the alarm, before Tomlin fled the scene.

Tomlin was traced using mobile phone data and was arrested two days later by officers from the West Midlands Police dog unit. He failed to stop for officers as he drove his white Volvo in Birmingham.

Rapist Troy Tomlin jailed for life

On Monday at Birmingham Crown Court he was jailed for life with a minimum of 17 years after being found guilty of four rapes, two counts of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, robbery, possession of a knife and possession of cannabis.

Det Insp Matt Owen, from the West Midlands Police Public Protection Unit, said: “This was an horrific and sustained attack on two women, causing both real fear and a significant and lasting impact.

“Tomlin tried to lie his way out of this by suggesting that the sex had been consensual, but they jury was able to see through that.”

Making the West Midlands a safer place for women and girls is our priority, whether it is by disrupting predatory behaviour during the night time economy and implementing safer walking routes; supporting victims of domestic abuse and changing perpetrator behaviour; or by working to eliminate sexism and misogyny from the work place.

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