Jennifer O’Brien has been jailed for 17 years

Jennifer O’Brien(Image: Facebook)

A TikToker who raped a woman ‘at least 10 times’ has been jailed. The victim told a court of the ‘deeply damaging’ effect her ordeal has caused as Jennifer O’Brien was locked up.

The 34-year-old was jailed for 17 years for sexual and violent offences committed against the woman. The defendant, known as Jennifer Nieve on TikTok, continues to deny all the charges.

O’Brien, who a court was told has transitioned from a man to a woman, raped the victim despite her making it clear she did not want sex. O’Brien would become ‘aggressive’ if she did not comply.

The defendant, named as ‘Jordan O’Brien aka Jennifer Nieve’ in court documents – the latter referring to her social media handle – was found guilty after a five-day trial at Manchester Crown Court last year. She was referred to as Jennifer O’Brien throughout a sentencing hearing.

The defendant – followed by tens of thousands of people on TikTok – was found guilty of rape; assault by penetration; threatening with an offensive weapon; and another serious offence.

The judge, Recorder Tim Harrington, said the rape charge was on the basis that no fewer than 10 rapes had been committed.

He said: “I have to sentence you for at least 10 occasions that you raped her. This was repeated offending.” In a statement read on her behalf, the victim told how she suffered from panic attacks and anxiety.

She said: “I don’t sleep for very long, and I’m up at all hours of the night. If I am in a group of more than five people I suffer from anxiety. The impact has been long term and deeply damaging. I have lived for years with fear and anxiety.”

Defending, Dan Calder said: “The strongest feature available to Jennifer O’Brien in mitigation is her previous good character.” He said that O’Brien ‘does not agree with the verdicts returned by the jury’, but recognised it was the judge’s ‘public duty’ to pass sentence.

Mr Calder said the defendant is ‘highly likely’ to be suffering from ‘complex PTSD’ and has a ‘history of trauma’.

He said O’Brien had spent two years on bail and had been observing an electronically monitored curfew, which would count towards the overall sentence. O’Brien, of no fixed address, was ordered to serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody.