A former school bursar who raped a woman and begged a second woman he was sexual harassing to marry him has been jailed for more than six years today.

Kamran Ali, 45, rubbed himself up against the harassment victim, kissed her on the cheek, bought her earrings and took photos of her on his phone.

Ali was jailed at the Old Bailey today for six years for raping a woman and six months for sexually harassing another.

He has to pay an £120 victim surcharge and will have to sign the sex offender’s register for life.

Ali, who was working at a prep school in Wimbledon, took a strand of the victim’s hair and told her he would keep it in a book.

The Old Bailey heard that Ali raped the first woman at his home at around the same time as the campaign of harassment.

The harassment victim made an official complaint in September last year and a few months later another woman came forward to accuse Ali of raping her on several occasions between October last year and January this year.

He was arrested and claimed the first victim had been 'over-friendly towards him' and that sex with the second victim was consensual.

He denied sexual assault on the woman he was harassing and denied raping the first woman but was found guilty on both counts at an earlier hearing.

The judge, Mr Recorder Stephen Farrell QC, told Ali that a prison sentence was 'inevitable' and added: "The only question is for how long."

Ali, of Middleton Road, Carshalton, was cleared of three counts of rape of the first woman between October and December last year, but convicted of one count of rape in January this year.

The court heard Ali began sexually harassing the other woman by kissing her on the cheeks in March last year.

The court heard on other occasions he pressed himself up against her from behind or put his arm around her waist.

Prosecutor Jonathan Wright said: "He took a piece of her hair from her shoulder and put it in his mouth, then telling her he would keep it in a book.

"He bought her earrings which she refused to accept and he pressed her to wear them.

"He repeatedly told her how much he liked her, he was crazy for her and she should marry him.

"He went on to her Facebook page and downloaded photos."

After he sent her a series of text messages one evening, she told him to stop because her husband was getting annoyed, the court heard.

He told her: "That's what I want. You divorce him and marry me."

The court heard in another text apologising for touching her, he wrote: "Please forgive me. I don't know what I do. I cannot stop."

Detective Constable Peter Sullivan, from the Met's Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, said: "Ali's sentence reflects the severity of his offences against two woman, who were brave enough to come forward and report him to the police."

He was sentenced on Tuesday, December 23.