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A 20 year-old man has been jailed for seven and a half years for rape and possession of an offensive weapon in Portsmouth.
Wade Terry King of no fixed address in the city was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at an address on Foster Road on Saturday 12 March 2022.
After failing to appear for his trail in November 2023, King, who was 18 at the time of the offence, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday 15 February to 7 years imprisonment and was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
King was also sentenced to a further 6 months imprisonment for the possession of an offensive weapon in June 2023.