Locations
Boughey Street, Leigh, WN7 4DF
Description
A man who raped two women in their sleep has been jailed.
Jordan Nicholson, 23, preyed on his victims on separate occasions in the summer of 2016.
The first victim, 21, was asleep at her home when she woke up to find Nicholson raping her.
The woman pushed him away and screamed at him to stop what he was doing.
She reported Nicholson to Cheshire police a month later, providing officers with a number of social media messages in which she had discussed the incident with him.
The victim also provided messages relating to a similar attack on another woman in August 2016.
When arrested and questioned by police, Nicholson denied raping the women and claimed the sex had been consensual.
Even when Nicholson was presented with the social media messages, he carried on lying about about his crimes.
Yet he changed his plea to guilty at a court hearing on July 12, 2019.
Nicholson, of Boughey Lane, Leigh, was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday, August 27.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of rape at an earlier hearing.
Detective Constable Jayne Boote said: Sexual assault is a horrific offence, which affects people in the most profound way.
Whilst the victims will never be able to forget what Nicholson subjected them to, I hope his guilty plea and the custodial sentence he has been handed by the courts provides them with some closure and enables them to begin to move forward with their lives.
I also hope that this case and the sentence that Nicholson has received encourages other victims of sexual offences to come forward and report the offences to us.
Cheshire Constabulary takes any allegation of sexual offences extremely seriously.
Any allegation will be thoroughly investigated, with the wishes and needs of the victim as our main priority.
Victims should never feel ashamed to talk about what has happened to them.
They will receive the help and support they need from our specialist officers, as well as from other support agencies we work alongside, and all victims of sexual offences have the right to anonymity.