The victim of a sexual assault by a jealous grandfather who made the woman stand trial before admitting to his crimes has spoken of how he turned her life "upside down".

Yesterday, Marc Pattemore, 37, of Derek Close, Ewell, was sentenced to 44 months in prison, having pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault, actually bodily harm and common assault.

His victim, from the Kingston area, had met Pattemore on a dating website and the offences occurred last year.

From yesterday: Jail for jealous grandfather who punched and sexually assaulted woman saying "you love it you slut"

Although he pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm and common assault at the earliest opportunity, which he inflicted on his victim in July, he denied three other counts of assault by penetrating her with his fingers and tongue in September.

Pattemore only admitted these offences after a trial had started in April, during which his victim was forced to give evidence before a jury.

Passing sentence at Guildford Crown Court, Judge Neil Stewart said: "You have a close family and a good record of employment. You are a father and a grandfather.

"You have however this other side of controlling, abusive, violent behaviour in drink."

After the hearing, the victim said: "It's been so stressful but I'm just totally relieved it's over." 

The woman, who cannot named for legal reasons, said her ordeal was made all the more horrific by his claims that she had invented all of the allegations he eventually pleaded guilty to.

Speaking to this newspaper, she said: "As a result of him attacking me I was absolutely humiliated and felt awful.

"I kept quiet but Marc, who is an alcoholic, fabricated these stories about me.

"That I was an obsessive girl. He told everybody I had made it up.

"I was absolutely petrified, my life was turned upside down.

"I was literally battered."

On his profile on dating website Plenty of Fish Pattemore describes himself as a civil engineer with a "crafty" personality.  

He also states that he drinks "socially" and is looking for a relationship.

His victim added: "When Marc wasn’t drinking, he was very, very nice to me. He was very generous. If you saw him on paper he seems a fully reputable person.

"When he was drinking he was emotionally abusive. Then he would apologise and say he loved me."