Nigel Bull has been found guilty of a number of sexual offences, including rape
Nigel Bull is awaiting sentence(Image: Hull Live)
A serial sex offender who raped a young woman later tried to talk his way out of trouble by angrily telling the police during an interview: “Please get a lie detector test.” Nigel Bull claimed that he was “in shock” at the allegations being made against him and he complained that he was “being portrayed as a bad person” and was struggling to defend himself, a court heard.
Bull, 55, of Bursall Square, Patrington Haven, near Withernsea, denied a series of sexual offences but, after a trial at Hull Crown Court that finished on September 10, 2024, he was convicted by a jury of two offences involving engaging in sexual activity with the victim. The verdicts, both by a majority of 10 to two, came after six hours and 48 minutes of deliberations.
The jury was later discharged after it was unable to reach verdicts on charges of rape and sexual assault. The case resurfaced at Grimsby Crown Court this month when a retrial was held on the remaining matters.
Following that trial, Bull has now been convicted of raping the woman and another of sexually assaulting her. He was cleared of another rape offence on the direction of the judge.
The court heard that, during his police interview, Bull told officers: “Please get a lie detector test. One thing I aren’t is a f***ing rapist. I am struggling to defend myself.
“Please get a lie detector test. I am telling you the truth. That’s disgusting what you have read out to me so far. I am being portrayed as a bad person.
“I don’t know what to say. I am in shock.” He claimed that there was no sexual contact between him and the victim.
Prosecutor Katherine Robinson told the first trial that lie detector tests were not part of the justice system in the United Kingdom. “It is a set routine that we don’t use lie detector tests in this country so it would not be admissible,” she said.
During the first trial, defence barrister Rachel Scott told the court: “No evidence will be called on behalf of the defence.” Bull did give evidence during the Grimsby retrial and he denied that he committed any sexual offences.
He claimed that he was the victim of a conspiracy against him. Miss Scott said during her defence closing speech to the jury that Bull claimed that the allegations against him had been made up.
Bull had been on bail during both the Hull and Grimsby trials but, after guilty verdicts were returned by the second jury, he was remanded in custody to await sentence in April. He was warned that he faced an inevitable prison sentence.
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