A drug addict who abducted two women at knifepoint and subjected them to hours of sexual and threatening abuse was jailed for 22 years yesterday.

Judge Mrs. Justice Wade-Miller described 29-year-old Calvin Eugene Trott as a great danger to the public and said it was one of the most horrific sexual assault cases of its kind.

Trott, of Mount Hope Lane, Smith's Parish, who raped one of the women, pleaded guilty to two counts of serious sexual assault and two counts of robbery on September 25 last year. When the judge passed sentence in the Supreme Court yesterday, Trott's victims, two English nannies working on the Island, broke down and sobbed. In sentencing him, Judge Wade-Miller said during the harrowing two-and-a-half hour ordeal, Trott had done some of the most "unspeakable things''. She added: "The impact on the victims is profound.

The facts of this case represent one of the worst examples of its kind.

"It is without doubt that you represent more than an ordinary danger to the public.'' She said at the time police interviewed Trott, he had shown no evidence of a psychotic or psychological disorder.

But she said although she was not an expert, she felt he was in "desperate need of help.'' As the former cocaine addict was led from the dock, he turned and looked at the women, one aged 22 and the other aged 28, but said nothing.

The court heard earlier how the girls' horrifying ordeal began late on Saturday, September 25 last year when Trott broke into one of the girl's apartments through a window.

The woman froze, pretending to be asleep, but Trott put a knife against her neck and demanded cash.

He then said he wanted sex and made her lie on the bed, where he performed oral sex on her. It was then alleged that he told her to put his penis inside her, but she was unable to.

At that moment her friend arrived in the driveway of the house, to be met by Trott, who was leaving.

The court heard how he casually walked out of the apartment, saying "goodbye'' to her on his way.

The first woman was so terrified, she could not speak above a whisper when trying to tell her friend what had happened. Moments later, Trott was back in the apartment, where he continued his sick game.

He fondled the first woman before stealing $5 from her and forcing both women into the car.

He made the second woman drive, while he sat in the back with the other, where he continued to grope her and make threats.

Trott threatened them, saying: "I could mess you two up.'' The sex attacker then directed the car to an ATM machine, where he stole a further $650 from his victims. He then confessed to the nannies that he was a drug addict and said he was "going to have some fun''. When one of the women dared to look Trott directly in the eyes, he slapped her.

Senior Crown counsel Peter Eccles told how Trott bought crack cocaine from a dealer in St. Monica's Road, Pembroke, and promised to release the women, but lied.

He then bought beer and cigarettes at the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club, taking one woman with him and threatening to kill her if the other was not in the car when he returned.

The first victim was then taken back home, but the attacker took her friend to Spittal Pond parking lot, where he forced her to perform oral sex on him before raping her. Throughout the ordeal at Spittal Pond, Trott tormented and goaded the woman asking her if she had ever had sex with a black man before.

She was eventually able to make her escape when she asked for a drink and was taken to Tiffany's store on Court Street. The rapist bought her a drink and then went into an alleyway to urinate. She took the opportunity to run and raised the alarm in the store.

Mr. Eccles told the court that the Police found both of the girls in an hysterical state. Trott, who was known to use violence by Police, had only been released from prison on parole five months prior to the attack.

Man jailed for 22 years for vicious sexual assault He had been jailed for four years for causing grievous bodily harm to an 76-year-old woman and had also been convicted for robbing a female taxi driver.

Prosecuting, Mr. Eccles had earlier demanded Trott be locked up for the maximum 30 years. He said the ordeal had had a significant effect on the women, who had both undergone counselling, and were unable to sleep without the lights on, were afraid of crowds and were terrified to leave windows open.

Of one of the women, Mr. Eccles said: "This is a young woman who was active who can't even go out for a walk now.

"These victims did what was the only reasonable and safe thing they could do.

They acquiesced in a grotesque violation of their personal integrity and the sanctity of their bodies and suffered the disruption and destruction of much that society holds sacred.

" That was the only thing they could do. The only saving grace in the entire set of circumstances is that no one died.'' He asked the judge yesterday to take into consideration when sentencing Trott his first interview with Police a couple of days after the incident when he completely denied knowing anything about it. It was only a couple of days later that Trott admitted the sick attack, after Police had received a statement from someone who knew him saying he had seen Trott in a car with the women on the night in question. In mitigation, defence barrister Elizabeth Christopher said Trott realised he had done a terrible thing and felt remorseful.

She also asked Judge Wade-Miller to take into account the guilty pleas and the fact that he had not changed his story since admitting guilt. She also said it started out as an opportune robbery and not a sex attack that Trott had planned. Ms Christpher said Trott appreciated the affect it had had on his victims and his family. And she said her client did not wish her to make an elaborate speech outlining the mitigating circumstances.

But she added: "This is a man who went down a slippery slope from alcohol to cocaine abuse.'' Trott was sentenced to nine years for the sexual assault on the first woman and nine years for robbing her, to run concurrently. He was also sentenced to 13 years for the rape of the other victim and nine years for robbing her, again to run concurrently. Together, they mean he faces a jail-term of 22 years. After the hearing, the two women were too upset to talk.

But one of their fathers, who had travelled from England to attend the case and support them, said he had been touched by the help they had received.

He told The Royal Gazette : "I wish to say thanks from my family for the support the people of Bermuda have given.

"They have shown exceptional love and courage and we thank them all very much.'' Mr. Eccles said it was now time for the women to at least try and put the ordeal behind them.

"I think the sentence is, in view of all the circumstances, appropriate.

"I'm particularly thankfull that it is over for the victims and they can now, with some luck, put this behind them, to the extent that anyone could put this behind them.

"They have been a power of strength throughout this. They will move on in their lives now.''