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Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson jailed for 14 years for rape and sexual assault | UK News


A former frontman for Spandau Ballet has been jailed for 14 years for multiple rapes and sexual assaults.

Ross Davidson, 38, once starred in the Queen musical We Will Rock You and in 2018 was lead singer for 80s legends Spandau Ballet.

He was convicted of two rapes, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism, against six women between 2013 and 2019.

Davidson, who used the stage name Ross Wild and described himself as “sex positive”, claimed all the sexual activity was consensual.

Jurors disagreed and he was sentenced today at Wood Green Crown Court in London.

The judge said Davidson had been seen by many as a charismatic, but as his career took off was “behaving to women in a wholly disgraceful manner”.

Davidson filmed himself during one of the rapes and some of the assaults.

The videos were taken when women were “as vulnerable as can be” and in “such a deep sleep that they could not be disturbed”, said prosecutor Richard Hearnden.

They women only found out about what happened when police told them.

Mr Hearnden told the court Davidson was an entitled predator who “will resort to rape and sexual assault if he is not given what he thinks he deserves”.

The rapist read a book as the court heard statements about the victims’ trauma.

The Aberdeen-born singer was first convicted of rape, sexual assaults and voyeurism involving four women after a trial in July 2024.

A second trial last January also found him guilty of raping a woman in London in 2015 and an attempted rape and sexual assault of a women in Thailand in 2019.

One victim said in her impact statement: “Since the rape, my life has been permanently changed. I no longer feel safe or able to trust the world as I once did.

“Ordinary situations can feel threatening, and I live with constant anxiety and hyper-vigilance. Emotionally, I experience fear, sadness, anger, and at times numbness.”

Another woman said she was on medication for depression and anxiety and was “guarded and introverted” after previously being a sociable person.

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