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A woman who used internet chat rooms to try to arrange for strangers to rape a former work colleague has been jailed for six years. A woman who used internet chatrooms to try to arrange for strangers to rape a former work colleague has been jailed for six years.
Joanne Berry, 30, from Grove Park, south-east London, had been convicted of assault with intent to commit a sexual offence and common assault. Joanne Berry, 30, from Grove Park, south-east London, said online she liked role-play and invited men to act out violent "rape scenarios" with her.
She was found guilty at an earlier hearing at Maidstone Crown Court. But instead of giving her own address she gave that of the work colleague in Kent.
She said on websites she liked role-playing and "rape scenarios" but gave the address of another woman in Kent. A judge said Berry may have held the victim responsible for losing her job.
Berry was also found guilty of attempting to cause a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. One man tried to barge into the victim's home but aborted the plan when he realised they had both been set up.
'Irrational vendetta'
Berry was convicted at an earlier hearing at Maidstone Crown Court of putting a person in fear of violence, assault with the intention of committing a sexual offence, common assault and attempting to cause a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
Judge David Griffith-Jones QC said Berry had developed an "irrational vendetta" against the victim who had only shown kindness towards her, and embarked on a "bizarre" series of events.
She found a chatline through which she made contact with a man "DH", who gave evidence during the trial.
Berry contacted him over a period of time and pretended she enjoyed sex and engaging in role-play.
Eventually she persuaded him to come to "her" home, knock on the door and effectively rape her but gave him the victim's address.
The judge said her behaviour was wicked and calculating.
"That (the victim) was not in fact raped or seriously sexually assaulted is entirely fortuitous," he said.
Part of a victim impact statement was read out at court in which she described how the ordeal had left her suffering panic attacks.
She now refuses to sit out in the garden on her own because she fears men may force their way in, and she panics when someone knocks on her door.