Plumber posed as film director to convince budding actress to recreate Basic Instinct

A plumber who posed as a film director - and convinced an actress to recreate sex scenes from the hit 90s film Basic Instinct - has been told by top judges that his string of lies amounted to a sexual assault.

Christopher James Matt lured the woman to a London hotel room under false pretences by telling her he was making a TV series based on the steamy thriller.

And he even persuaded her to pay for the room.

The 28-year-old, of Marlborough Road, Nuneaton, was jailed for three years and two months at Southwark Crown Court in June, after admitting sexual assault and fraud.

His lawyers challenged his sex conviction - arguing he had committed no crime because, although he had deceived the actress, she had consented to his requests.

But his complaints were rejected by three of the countrys top judges, who said an offence had been committed because the woman believed she was performing simulated sex scenes for commercial and artistic reasons - not for Matts own sexual gratification.

The court heard Matt had placed an advert on a reputable website which the actress responded to.

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She believed she was to be paid 5,000 for taking part in a casting procedure for a television series based on the Hollywood blockbuster which starred Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas.

Matts fake pitch was so convincing that she was even persuaded to pay for the room in a London hotel where the process was to take place.

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Plumber posed as film director to convince budding actress to recreate Basic Instinct