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Attacked woman then dragged her into his tent to rape her.
South Downs Drive, Hale, Greater Manchester, WA14
A man sleeping rough in the woods punched and kicked a woman before dragging her into his tent and raping her.
Homeless Daniel Woolf, 36, was described by police as a predatory offender after he was handed a 19-year jail sentence.
The woman was held in the tent by Woolf for hours.
A court heard Woolf, who has a previous conviction for sexual assault, approached the woman at 1am at Altrincham train station on October 15 last year.
He had been living in a tent in woods off South Downs Drive in Hale at the time.
Police said Woolf led the woman away from the station before dragging her into the tent.
Screaming, she tried to run away but he threw her into a bush before punching and kicking her until she went back inside the tent.
Woolf then pushed the terrified woman to the ground and raped her.
After an ordeal lasting hours, the woman, aged in her 30s, managed to escape to a nearby shop where the alarm was raised.
Police were called and Woolf was arrested.
At Minshull Street Crown Court he was convicted by a jury after a trial.
He was found guilty of rape, false imprisonment and assault and was locked up for 19 years.
Det Con Helen Bagnall praised the womans bravery and said Woolf preyed on the fact she didnt know the area.
She said: The woman was obviously terrified when Woolf dragged her into a tent and raped her. What she has been through is horrendous.
She was extremely brave managing to alert a shop worker and I want to thank them in turn for contacting us so we could apprehend Woolf.
He preyed on the fact the woman didnt really know the area and used that to his advantage to inflict his horrific assault where not only did he rape her, but he held her in a tent for hours.
Daniel Norton 33
Daniel Norton jailed after threatening teenage girl into making sex videos with her brother.
Daniel Norton jailed after threatening teenage girl into making sex videos with her brother.
Cheadle, Stockport, Manchester
A VILE paedophile who threatened a teenager into sending sexual videos of her and her brother has been jailed for 12 years.
Daniel Norton, 26, told the Hampshire girl that his father was a police officer and if she did not send pictures and videos of herself he would "take her away from her family".
Southampton Crown Court heard that he also made threats to distribute pictures and videos of the victim on the internet if she did not send more.
Eventually when the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she did not want to send them, the images were put on the internet and went viral.
It forced Hampshire Constabulary to issue a warning to parents, urging them to tell their children not to pass on the disturbing video.
Norton, of Cheadle, Stockport, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with three years on extended licence.
Norton admitted three counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity between October 1 and December 1, 2017.
He also pleaded guilty to making dozens of indecent moving images of children - across all three categories of severity - and possessing extreme pornographic images - which depicted children involved in sexual activity with animals.
Dragged woman into carpark and raped her.
Hornby Road, Stretford, Trafford, Greater Manchester, M32
A "depraved sexual predator" who subjected a woman to a "terrifying rape" has been jailed, police said.
Samaun Shah, of Hornby Road, Stretford dragged her into a car park in Trafford at about 03:15 BST on 4 April and raped her, said Greater Manchester Police.
Det Con Paul Walls said Shah targeted his victim, who was in her 40s, after she asked him for a cigarette while walking to Tesco on Chester Road.
Shah, 44, was sentenced to eight years after his trial at Bolton Crown Court.
After giving her a cigarette, police said Shah insisted that she walk with him to Old Trafford Metrolink station.
He then dragged her into a deserted car park and assaulted her.
Shah denied any involvement when he was arrested, claiming he had been in bed at the time.
He carried on denying the offence even when he was shown CCTV footage of him and the woman walking together.
'Sexual predator'
Det Con Walls said a dangerous man had been taken off the streets.
He added: "Samaun Shah is a depraved sexual predator who preyed on a vulnerable woman who had merely asked him if she could have a cigarette.
"He took her to a spot where he thought nobody would see him and subjected her to a terrifying rape, the memory of which will stay with her for the rest of her life."
He said Shah's repeated denials, even when faced with CCTV evidence, highlighted "the arrogance of a man who thought he could get away with his despicable crime".
Nyasha Makunike 34
Threatened, slapped and strangled a woman during a horrific sex attack.
Threatened, slapped and strangled a woman during a horrific sex attack.
No fixed address.
A man who threatened, slapped and strangled a woman during a horrific sex attack has been jailed.
Nyasha Malvern Makunike, 26, of no fixed address, subjected his victim to the brutal attack in August 2016.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard his victim walked into a shop in Bury with her two young children in a distressed state.
She asked the shopkeeper to call police after she was violently raped by an attacker in the early hours of the previous day.
During a police interview the woman said she was strangled during the sickening attack.
Makunike also threatened the woman and slapped her.
He was found guilty of two counts of rape, actual bodily harm, sexual assault and nine other counts of assault and harassment.
Makunike will also be placed on the sex offenders register for life.
Det Con Dave Looby, of GMP’s Bury borough, said: “Makunike subjected his victim to what can only be described as a brutal attack which left her terrified and fearing for her life.
“The courage that she has shown in coming forward and helping police take this dangerous man off the streets of Bury is nothing short of tremendous.
“I hope the sentence passed here today will bring her some comfort knowing that her attacker has been brought to justice.”
Paedophile who got his schoolgirl victim pregnant.
Marshfield Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13
A paedophile who got his schoolgirl victim pregnant has been jailed for eight years.
Police discovered the harrowing case while they were investigating Stephen John for child-abuse images offences.
The 29-year-old pervert first met his victim online when she was 12, and by the time she was 15 had persuaded her to meet him in Manchester .
He then abused her at his family home, causing her to become pregnant. Then, while she was pregnant, John boasted to her of having committed a sex crime against a very young child.
Sentencing at Manchester Crown Court, Judge Tony Cross QC said that in those conversations with the victim he had displayed his ‘true intent’.
The judge added of the victim: “That child suffered a miscarriage at a home, as a result of your unprotected sex.”
John, of Marshfield Street, Longsight , was jailed after admitting a string of sex crimes including distributing and making indecent images of children. He first came to the attention of police in August 2014, after sharing indecent videos of very young children with other perverts online.
Officers learnt that as well as posting the videos using Skype, John was discussing child abuse with other perpetrators. Questioned by police, John claimed he had left his laptop open at home and that others could have downloaded and distributed the images.
But, while he was on bail for those offences, John carried on downloading images of child abuse. In June last year, police found scores more images on another of his computers. And, while investigating those offences, police uncovered his offences against the schoolgirl.
Judge Cross told him: “The most serious images, some of which you distributed to other like-minded individuals, were of extremely young children, and in the estimation of the police some of these children were little more than babies.
“On June 19 you were arrested again, this time you were in possession of a different device, that demonstrates that you set out, deliberately set out, to accumulate images of the sort which were then found, at a time when were on trust, when you full well, despite your learning difficulties, that the possession of these images was considered to be a serious matter.
“Your offending does not end there, because police discovered by interrogating your computer that you had been in an unlawful liaison with a 15-year-old girl. You knew what her age was because the first tine you met her in a car park she was wearing her school uniform.”
Carried out sex attack on five-year-old girl.
Well Meadow, Hyde, SK14
A married man who committed a sex attack on a five-year-girl in a toilet has been jailed for six years.
Stephen Manley, who denied the offence but was found guilty by a jury after a trial, will also be on licence for 12 months after his release from prison.
Manchesters Minshull Street Crown Court heard his young victim had been affected psychologically and doesnt now shut toilet doors.
Manley, 34, of Well Meadow, Hyde, was convicted of a single count of sex assault and was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for an indefinite period of time.
The attack took place in Dukinfield , Tameside .
Manley, who has no previous convictions, had been painting at a house when he carried out the attack.
Huw Edwards, prosecuting, said the girl was playing in the garden with another girl and went to the toilet.
Manley went into the toilet to ask if she needed help, Mr Edwards said.
Judge Jonathan Foster QC said he took advantage of her presence.
He added: There was no direct corroboration of her evidence but she made a complaint of sorts to her friend that something had happened and complained to her mother when she got home.
The court heard the girl gave accurate descriptions of Manleys tattoos and paint on his body. She gave evidence at the trial.
Paul McDonald, defending Manley, said: The defendant does not accept the circumstances of the offence. He is a man of good character.
He has been a happily married man for some years and he has retained the support of his family and friends. They do not recognise his behaviour, but he must accept the verdict of the jury. He knows and accepts that the court has a duty to perform.
Judge Foster QC added: She described distinctive features of the man who had done this. You had tattoos and had been painting.
At the end of the day the jury convicted you and that is what I have to follow. She was a very young child of five years of age and it has affected her psychologically.
Manley was also made the subject of a list of stringent conditions over future contact with children as part of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Christopher Knight 44
Member of vile paedophile ring that abused babies and toddlers.
Member of vile paedophile ring that abused babies and toddlers.
Not known.
Former TV weatherman sexually assaulted two schoolboys.
Bowdon, Greater Manchester, WA14
The former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for five years for indecently assaulting two schoolboys when he was a teacher.
Talbot, who was a regular on ITVs This Morning show, was described at his trial as a chancer who used his boundless energy and extrovert personality to gain the affection and trust of his victims.
The 65-year-old, who was cleared of assaulting three other boys, was sentenced by Judge Timothy Mort at Manchesters Minshull Street crown court. The judge told him: You deliberately and indecently assaulted the two of them for your own gratification.
Talbot, who was remanded in custody when he was convicted in February, showed no emotion as he was jailed. He appeared relaxed as he entered the dock and acknowledged people in the packed courtroom.
Suzanne Goddard QC, defending, said there was little that could be said in mitigation. She said Talbot had lost a stone in weight during his time in custody but was accustoming himself to life in jail.
Goddard said: He knows he must now receive a custodial sentence. He has come to terms with that.
The jury at last months trial heard that Talbot was obsessed with teenage boys throughout his teaching career and could not help himself around them when under the influence of drink.
Among the prosecution witnesses at the trial was the Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, who said Talbot gave masturbation practice as homework.
Prosecutors said Talbots modus operandi was to first establish his good guy credentials and then to break down the proper teacher-pupil boundaries, leaving his victims confused as he made his advances.
Talbot, of Bowdon, Greater Manchester, was convicted of two counts of indecent assault in relation to two complainants and cleared of eight counts of indecent assault in relation to three other complainants.
Four of the complainants were teenage pupils at Altrincham grammar school for boys, where Talbot taught biology, while the other attended a high school in Gateshead when the defendant was at teacher training college.
The science teacher denied anything sexual or even inappropriate occurred between himself and the Altrincham pupils, while he said sexual activity with the Gateshead complainant only happened when the boy had turned 16.
Both of Talbots victims were assaulted on school canal barge trips in the Cheshire area in the mid 1970s.
The first victim, who thought he was 14 at the time, said the teacher abused him after a mock naked orgy involving up to 10 boys and Talbot. Talbot told him to share a bed with him as there were not enough bunk beds to go round, and performed a sex act on him.
It emerged that he had reported the weatherman to police on four occasions dating back to 1992, but no action had been taken.
The second victim, who also thought he may have been aged 14 at the time, was abused on another barge trip in similar circumstances. He said boys would take turns to sleep in Talbots bed during the trip and when it was his turn the defendant started talking to me about sexual stuff before indecently assaulting him.
The complainant said when he was aged in his late 20s he had written toGranada Television to tell bosses Talbot had abused him.
The court heard that Talbots teaching career came to an abrupt end in May 1984 following an indecent proposal he made to two pupils at his home. He offered his bed for the night to the 15-year-old boys and said to them: Make sure you leave room for me in the middle.
Following the verdicts, it can be reported that a number of similar complaints against Talbot about offences said to have been committed in Scotland have been passed by police to the procurator fiscal.
Edinburgh-born Talbot moved at the age of seven to Sale, Greater Manchester, and later studied A-levels at Sale grammar school.
After a spell at teacher training college in the Newcastle area he joined Altrincham grammar school in 1974. He resigned in disgrace in 1984 and went into television a short time later, with one of his first jobs on a Saturday morning childrens show.
The investigation was triggered in December 2012 following publicity into a separate historic abuse inquiry at another Altrincham school, St Ambrose College, which led to a nine-year jail term for ex-teacher Alan Morris.
Teacher had sex with teenage pupil.
High Bank, Atherton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M46
Sexually abusing young girls.
No fixed address.
A man has been jailed for sexually abusing two young girls in Wythenshawe.
William Furbey, 24 was ordered to serve five years in prison and will be on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.
In 2005 Furbey sexually abused two young girls aged 9 and 12 at an address in Wythenshawe. Six years later one of the girls told her teacher which led to his arrest and conviction.
Furbey pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual activity with a girl under 13 and sexual assault as well as aggravated vehicle taking, assault of a police officer, using a vehicle without insurance and driving without a license.
Detective Constable Grace Hulse from GMP’s Public Protection Division, said: "The victim who told her teacher showed great strength and maturity.
Both girls have been incredibly brave by helping us put Furbey before the courts and have justice done for them.
We take all reports of sexual abuse seriously no matter how old you are or how long ago the crime happened and I hope this case will give others the confidence to come forward."
Monster who abused children over three decades.
Cheadle, Stockport, SK8
A PAEDOPHILE who abused children over three decades has been jailed for eight years. Alan West, 55, showed no emotion as he was sent to prison at Manchester Crown Court. He had pleaded guilty to 17 sexual offences against children.
A PAEDOPHILE who abused children over three decades has been jailed for eight years.
Alan West, 55, showed no emotion as he was sent to prison at Manchester Crown Court.
He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to 17 sexual offences against children.
His abuse began in 1974 and spanned more than 30 years. Two of his three victims, a boy and a girl, were eight and nine when West began sexually assaulting them. But now grown up, they felt compelled to speak out.
His third victim, a girl of eight, was abused in May 2007.
David Toal, prosecuting, said: "Some of the abuse occurred many years ago in the 1970s and 1980s when the defendant was in his 20s.
"However, he also admitted abuse that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and also an incident more recently in 2007 when he was a married man."
West, of Cheadle, Stockport, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of indecent assault, three counts of gross indecency with a child and one count of sexual assault on a child under 13.
The victims' families were in court as details of his horrific abuse were read out. In a victim impact statement, part of which was read out in court. One of the victims said West's abuse had `haunted' her.
Barry Grennan, defending, said West's wife had left him and he had twice tried to take his own life after the abuse came to light.
He said West did feel `responsible' for what he had done and did have `insight' into the effect he had on his victims.
West will have to sign the sex offenders' register for life. He was also placed under a sexual offences prevention order, which stops him having unsupervised contact with children. West will be placed on licence when he is released from prison.
Judge Roger Thomas QC told West his offences had had a `devastating effect' on his victims' lives.
Det Con Claire Beach, who led the investigation, said: "West was in his 20s when his abuse started in the mid-70s, and he used the age-gap to take advantage of these defenceless children, robbing them of their innocence.
"However, the victims found the courage in adulthood to come forward and thanks to their bravery, his crimes have finally caught up with him and he is where he belongs - in jail.
"I hope the verdict demonstrates that if people are arrogant enough to think they can commit these horrific crimes and get away with it, they are wrong, and we will pursue people no matter how long in takes.
"I applaud the victims who came forward and would encourage anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse to speak up."
Christopher Bradford, reviewing lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Working closely together with police, the CPS Service has ensured that Alan West has faced justice for the inexcusable acts he has committed."
Violently raped a Manchester student with an accomplice.
Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. M16
Having sex with a vulnerable drunken teenage schoolgirl.
Hyde, No fixed address.
A HOMELESS man who fled from justice after having sex with a vulnerable drunken teenage schoolgirl has been locked up for four-and-half years. Laurence Joseph Stringer left his under-age victim so traumatised by her ordeal that she took an overdose of paracetamol the following day.
A HOMELESS man who fled from justice after having sex with a vulnerable drunken teenage schoolgirl has been locked up for four-and-half years.
Laurence Joseph Stringer left his under-age victim so traumatised by her ordeal that she took an overdose of paracetamol the following day.
But after being charged with having sexual activity with a child he was granted bail - and fled to the South Coast where he spent two months on the run.
The 50-year-old, who was tracked down in Surrey, was sentenced to four and half years at Manchester Crown Court after admitting what he had done.
The court heard that on August 15 last year Stringer lured the girl, who has learning difficulties, back to the tent where he lived near a canal towpath on the outskirts of Hyde.
Earlier that evening she had been boozing with friends in the town centre after an argument with her family.
Loitering
Stringer was loitering in the area and when he heard that she did not want to go home, and knowing she was drunk, he invited her to go back to the tent with him.
After fleeing from Stringer's clutches the girl slept rough outside a B&Q store.
After returning home and taking the pills she was rushed to hospital, where she told police what had happened to her.
A DNA match identified Stringer and the victim was later able to show the police his lair in the bushes.
Stringer, who has a previous conviction for unlawful sexual intercourse, was arrested on September 3 when his tent was searched.
There, officers found a scrapbook of pictures of young teenage girls around the age of 13 and 14 that had been torn from magazines.
Stringer's victim has been plagued by nightmares of her ordeal, the court heard.
Defending, Neil Usher said that although Stringer had a previous conviction for sleeping with an underage girl it was not 'something he regularly engages in'.
He added that Stringer maintained he had not raped the victim.
Sentencing, Judge Anthony Hammond told Stringer: "Force or otherwise, you had no business having intercourse with girl of that age and that's the moral situation.
"Had you been convicted of raping this girl you would be facing a dickens of a sentence. As it is it's a serious offence to have intercourse with a girl of this age. This was a girl with terrible problems in respect of personality and intellectual capacity and you took advantage of her."
Ordering Stringer to sign the sex offenders' register for life, Judge Hammond told him that when he was finally released from prison he would have said he still had to keep police informed of his movements even if though he went back to sleeping rough. was a rough sleeper.
He said: "If you live on a park bench you tell them you are living on a particular park bench and if you change it you tell them again. Otherwise, you will be in real hot water and you will be going down for a very long time."
Last month an MEN exclusive highlighted the problem of bail-jumpers. 1871 people - including at least one murderer and a number of sex offenders - are currently at large.
Stephen Hunt 60
Paedophile who molested a little girl more than 20 years ago has finally been brought to justice.
Paedophile who molested a little girl more than 20 years ago has finally been brought to justice.
St Gabriel's Mews, Middleton Junction, Rochdale, M24
A PAEDOPHILE who molested a little girl more than 20 years ago has finally been brought to justice. Convicted sex attacker Stephen Hunt, 44, indecently assaulted the youngster while he was babysitting her, a court heard. Hunt, of St Gabriel's Mews, Middleton Junction, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years behind bars at Bolton Crown Court last Thursday. He was banned from working with children for life.
A PAEDOPHILE who molested a little girl more than 20 years ago has finally been brought to justice.
Convicted sex attacker Stephen Hunt, 44, indecently assaulted the youngster while he was babysitting her, a court heard.
Hunt, of St Gabriel's Mews, Middleton Junction, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years behind bars at Bolton Crown Court last Thursday. He was banned from working with children for life.
Cries of 'scum' were heard from the public gallery as Hunt, an aircraft engineer, was led away to begin his jail term.
Judge William Morris, sentencing, said: "You have forced yourself upon this girl and subjected her to a terrible ordeal. You have abused the trust of this child's parents after they left her in your care.
"This girl has been deeply affected by this offence and it has led to significant psychological damage as a result.
"You have committed a very serious crime and this carries nothing less than a substantial custodial sentence."
The court was told that the attack took place in 1988 but the girl, now in her mid-20s, was too afraid to report it to police until last year. She cannot be named for legal reasons.
Iain Simkin, prosecuting, said: "This attack left the victim in some distress and has affected her confidence and ability to form close relationships with others ever since."
Hunt had pleaded guilty to indecent assault at a previous hearing. A pre-sentencing report presented to the court last week contained letters from the defendant's son and girlfriend, outlining his good character and caring nature.
During mitigation, Peter Cunliffe, defending, said: "While I do not want to gloss over the seriousness of this case, I would like to outline Mr Hunt's impeccable work record.
He has never been out of work and has provided good financial support to his family, especially his son, who has a young daughter.
"This is evident within the character letters submitted to the court on behalf of the defendant."
The court also heard that Hunt was convicted of indecently assaulting a woman in a taxi in 1996 and was sentenced to four months in jail.
Slapped the bottom of an off-duty policewoman.
Goredale Avenue, Gorton, Greater Manchester, M18