Exclusive:Who has been in the dock at Portsmouth Crown Court as rapist learns sentencing date
By David George
Published 6th Aug 2026, 16:19 BST
These people appeared in court on Wednesday, August 5.
- Andrew Stone, 44 from Hamlet Way, Gosport, has been charged with attempted murder. He was remanded in custody, and will next appear in court on Friday, September 18.
- Marcus Rudd, 56 from Kings Road, Isle of Wight, pleaded guilty to four counts of raping a child, three counts of making indecent images of a child, three counts of taking an indecent image of a child, three counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, three counts of assaulting a child with a body part, two counts of causing a child to look at an image of sexual activity, two counts of assaulting a child by touching, and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image. He was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced on Monday, October 19.
- Orest Petrusiak, 50 of no fixed abode, was found not guilty of two counts of failing to comply with the sex offenders register, after the prosecution offered no evidence. He was discharged from the courts.
- Reece Gauntlett, 22 from Church Path, Emsworth, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage, but not guilty to one count of sending communications threatening death or serious harm, one count of assault by beating, and one count of intentional strangulation. A trial date was set for April 6 next year.