18-Year-Old Jailed for 7 Years Over Rape of Three Teens

Kai Edwards, an 18-year-old from Cooper Street in Hessle, was sentenced to seven years in a young offenders institution on Friday, April 17, 2026, at Hull Crown Court after being found guilty of sexually assaulting and raping three teenage girls in separate incidents between April 2022 and March 2023.

The convictions stemmed from a Humberside Police investigation that began in April 2022, when the first victim reported that Edwards had visited her home in Hull and engaged in sexual activity despite her repeated refusals. She described waking up to find him having intercourse with her and immediately telling him to leave. Weeks later, a second report emerged detailing multiple non-recent assaults during a relationship with another girl, including physical violence such as slapping, punching and kicking, along with verbal abuse. In March 2023, a school raised concerns about a third girl who reported that Edwards had visited her address, touched her sexually despite her protests, and then committed oral rape before leaving.

Prosecutor David Godfrey told the court that the victims, who did not know each other, had met Edwards through separate social media interactions. In the first...