A ROYAL Navy double killer accused of rape and sexual assault against four victims targeted recruits he wanted to dominate, a court heard.
Convicted murderer Allan Grimson, 66, is also alleged to have told cops: “If you’re going to rape somebody, to get away with it, kill it.”
Grimson, a former petty officer, was jailed for life in 2001 Credit: PA:Press Association
Nicholas Wright was murdered by Grimson in the late 1990s Credit: PA:Press Association
Grimson, a former petty officer, was jailed for life in 2001 for the murders of sailor Nicholas Wright and barman Sion Jenkins in the 1990s.
He is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of sailor Simon Parkes, who vanished more than 37 years ago in .
The serial killer is serving his sentence at maximum security Frankland jail for the who rejected his sexual advances.
And he is now on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of rape and indecent assault against four male victims.
The alleged offences, including against a 14-year-old boy, are said to have occurred between February 1994 and November 1999.
Three of the complainants met their alleged attacker at the Royal Naval Firefighting School in Portsmouth, Hampshire, where he was an instructor.
Grimson told one of his alleged sexual assault victims, a sailor, was “lucky to be alive”, the court heard.
He allegedly assaulted his first victim between February and December 1994, and the second between September and December 1998.
Grimson is accused of the rape and five indecent assault offences against the third victim between February and November 1999.
The convicted killer murdered barman Sion Jenkins after he rejected his sexual advances Credit: Handout
Grimson is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of sailor Simon Parkes Credit: SWNS
The charges also include four counts of indecent assault and one of taking an indecent photo of the 14-year-old between March and October 1999.
John Price KC, prosecuting, told the jury Grimson had met the alleged victims, apart from the 14-year-old, at the naval school on Horsea Island.
The double murderer is said to have told cops how he targeted those who he “would like to dominate”.
Mr Price said: “Grimson spoke of other people he had thought of killing. He told police that he would look first for an attraction to a young male.
“He would look at a class of recruits and he would think about who he would like to dominate.
“Then he would ensure that they were in the group he was teaching at the firefighting school and try and befriend them.
“He described how he selected those whom he wanted to get power over, a sense of achievement.
“He said this to police: ‘If you’re going to rape somebody, to get away with it, kill it. And that’s the only way you can do that.’”
He said that Grimson had revealed details of the recent alleged offences during police interviews about Nicholas Wright’s murder in 1999.
Mr Price said the convicted killer told cops he had met the second complainant “in the same way” as the murdered sailor.
The victim alleges that he went back to Grimson’s flat with a friend after a night out when he was assaulted by his “domineering” attacker.
He “sobbed and whimpered” as Grimson assaulted him while his friend slept on a sofa in another room, the court was told.
Grimson also allegedly told cops his victim was “lucky to be alive” because another person was in the property.
The prosecutor said the alleged incident happened “just weeks” before Grimson murdered Sion Jenkins in the same Portsmouth flat.
He said: “He told police there were others who are lucky to be alive because of the circumstances.
“He says the circumstances were that on the occasion they came back to his house he would get into bed with them and start touching them.
“He thought that if it continues, he will kill them but there was someone downstairs.”
The first complainant attended the firefighting course in September 1994.
He alleged he was indecently assaulted by Grimson during a visit to the killer’s sister and after a night out clubbing in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.
Grimson denies the charges and the trial continues.
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