Ross Davidson: everything we know so far

Ross Davidson, 38, was convicted across two trials of two counts of rape, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism. Ross Davidson has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in United Kingdom.

Key facts

• Ross Davidson, 38, was convicted across two trials of two counts of rape, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism.
• Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson has been jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults against six women.
• Former Spandau Ballet frontman Ross Davidson has been jailed at Wood Green Crown Court for 14 years.
• Davidson, 38, was convicted across two trials of two counts of rape, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism, in offences committed against six women between August 2013 and December 2019.
• He had success, musical talent and was considered “charming and charismatic” but “it is because Ross Davidson expects to get sex on demand that he will resort to rape and sexual assault if he is not given what he thinks he deserves”, Mr Hearnden said.

What we know

Going deeper, Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson has been jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults against six women.

On the substance, Former Spandau Ballet frontman Ross Davidson has been jailed at Wood Green Crown Court for 14 years.

Beyond the headlines, Davidson, 38, was convicted across two trials of two counts of rape, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism, in offences committed against six women between August 2013 and December 2019.

More precisely, He had success, musical talent and was considered “charming and charismatic” but “it is because Ross Davidson expects to get sex on demand that he will resort to rape and sexual assault if he is not given what he thinks he deserves”, Mr Hearnden said.

It is worth noting that the singer, who used the stage name Ross Wild, had starred in Queen-based West End musical We Will Rock You and performed in 2018 as the lead singer for 1980s favourites Spandau Ballet.

By the numbers

At this stage, Davidson had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism in December 2019 against the same woman in Thailand, after a video he had taken of her as she slept was found on his mobile phone.

On a related note, Another woman who was 16 when her involvement with Davidson became “toxic” said he had “took away my youth, innocence and right to freedom”.

Going deeper, the singer, who used the stage name Ross William Wild, had starred in the West End musical We Will Rock You and performed in 2018 as the lead singer for Spandau Ballet.

On the substance, At Wood Green Crown Court on Thursday, Judge John Dodd KC, the Recorder of Haringey, said: “For a period of six years between 2013 to 2019 and at a time when your stage and musical care was fast developing, and you were seen by many as a charismatic, you were also behaving to women in a wholly disgraceful manner.”

What they're saying

“I grew deeply paranoid and began to wonder who else in my life had hurt me or had taken advantage of me without my knowledge.”

The wider context

On a related note, the judge told Davidson he had an “adventurous attitude to matters sexually” and treated the women, some of whom cared for or loved him, “without respect.”

Going deeper, Davidson filmed himself raping one woman and some of the sexual assault charges, which were based on videos recovered from his phone, showed “strikingly similar” incidents where he touched sleeping women, the prosecution said.

On the substance, Davidson sat reading a book in the dock as statements detailing the ongoing trauma suffered by the victims were heard in court.

Beyond the headlines, Mr Hearnden had said Davidson had been thought of as “a bit of a sex symbol” but the two women say he had “a much darker side that they did not notice, at least at first”.

More precisely, Davidson, who met the women on the Tinder dating app, claimed at trial that all sexual contact had been consensual.

The bottom line

• The singer, who used the stage name Ross Wild, had starred in Queen-based West End musical We Will Rock You and performed in 2018 as the lead singer for 1980s favourites Spandau Ballet.
• The singer, who used the stage name Ross William Wild, had starred in the West End musical We Will Rock You and performed in 2018 as the lead singer for Spandau Ballet.
• The judge told Davidson he had an “adventurous attitude to matters sexually” and treated the women, some of whom cared for or loved him, “without respect.”
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