Mohammed Ansar, 33, who came to the UK from Pakistan for an arranged marriage, assaulted his vulnerable victim as she walked home from a night out at 2.30am last August Bank Holiday Monday.
The father-of-one, whose wife was away at the time, tried to force the woman into his car after spotting her sitting on steps on Highfield Lane, Keighley.
Ansar, who lives on nearby Highfield Road, pushed her over a fence, chased her across a park, threw her to the ground and grabbed at her knickers.
The businesswoman, in her 30s, fought him off by hitting him on the head with her high-heeled shoes.
Ansar was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court last month of battery with intent to commit a sexual offence and remanded in custody for sentence. He was cleared of attempted rape.
Today, Recorder of Bradford, Judge Roger Thomas QC, praised Ansar’s “robust and resourceful” victim.
He told the defendant: “I am utterly and wholly satisfied that the intent you must have had in your mind was to rape her.”
The court heard the woman had been left traumatised with night-time panic attacks.
She was now very careful and cautious when socialising and did not stay out late.
It was the most terrifying moment of her life when Ansar grabbed at her under clothing and she felt anger and hatred for him.
Ansar’s barrister, Jayne Beckett, said he came to the UK three years ago to marry.
He and his wife had a young daughter and were expecting another child.
His supportive family had been deeply hurt by what he had done.
Judge Thomas told Ansar: “You saw that young woman and you quite obviously decided you would have some sort of sexual way with her. She was alone, she had had a drink and she was vulnerable.”
He continued: “It was a sustained physical assault with premeditation that amounted to a quite terrifying ordeal for her.”
After the case, Detective Constable Stacey Atkinson, of Bradford District Reactive CID, said: “Ansar tried to force his victim into his car and then pursued her after she fled from him.
“This must have been very traumatic for her and we would like to thank her for the courage she has shown in reporting this to the police.
“We are pleased with the sentence which has been passed down and hope it will help to give the victim some closure.”
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