Rapist jailed for attacking women across Thames Valley

Jonathan Goldsmith, aged 52 and of Hatch Gate in Whitchurch Hill, was jailed for 28 years, with four of those years on licence, following a Thames Valley Police investigation into offences committed in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and London.

Jonathan Goldsmith (Image: Thames Valley Police)

He was convicted of seven counts of rape and one count of blackmail after a three-week trial at Reading Crown Court and was sentenced on May 15.

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Detective Sergeant Rachel Belsher, the investigating officer, said: “I am so grateful to the complainants in this case for the remarkable bravery and courage they have shown.

“Jonathan Goldsmith is a serial rapist and has finally been held to account for his crimes.

“He targeted women who he knew to be vulnerable and whom he assumed would never be believed.

“He was wrong.

“The complainants have had to persevere in a very long and very invasive investigation and then trial process.

“I would like to thank these incredible women for making sure that Jonathan Goldsmith cannot hurt any more women.

“I would like this conviction to show that no matter your circumstances, Thames Valley Police is committed to investigating violence against women and girls.

“If you are a victim of violence then please be reassured that we have specially trained officers who will listen and support you.

“I would like to thank CPS Paralegal Mandy Dutton-Webb and prosecution trial counsel Ms Kim Preston and Mr Adam Williams for their expertise and hard work in getting the outcome we have.”

One of Goldsmith’s offences took place in 2002, when he raped a woman in London in a parked car after threatening her with a knife.

Between 2005 and 2019, he repeatedly raped another woman, who was in her late teens when they first met in Oxford.

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Goldsmith continued to visit her at her home in Reading, where the abuse continued.

Much of it involved physical violence and resulted in injury.

He also recorded images and videos of his assaults and used the material to blackmail her into silence.

In 2014, he raped a woman in her twenties whom he had met on a dating website.

Goldsmith was arrested on August 11, 2002, December 6, 2014, and April 14, 2021.

He was charged on January 29, 2026.

Police have encouraged victims of sexual offences to come forward, assuring them they will be supported by specially trained officers.

More information on how to report rape, sexual assault or other sexual offences is available on the Thames Valley Police website.