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| Life term for girl's rape, kidnap | Life term for girl's rape, kidnap |
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| A convicted rapist been jailed for life for the kidnap and rape of a girl of 15 from north Wales last October. | A convicted rapist been jailed for life for the kidnap and rape of a girl of 15 from north Wales last October. |
| Alan Grant, also known as Alan Weston, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was jailed in 1991 for 12 years for raping a woman in her Sussex home. | Alan Grant, also known as Alan Weston, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was jailed in 1991 for 12 years for raping a woman in her Sussex home. |
| Grant, 49, forced the girl into his van in Wrexham, subjecting her to a 15-hour "horrendous" ordeal. | Grant, 49, forced the girl into his van in Wrexham, subjecting her to a 15-hour "horrendous" ordeal. |
| He pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court and the judge recommended that he should at least serve seven years. | He pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court and the judge recommended that he should at least serve seven years. |
| Greater Manchester probation service said Grant had finished a supervision order after his first conviction for rape around six weeks before he abducted and raped the 15-year-old girl. | Greater Manchester probation service said Grant had finished a supervision order after his first conviction for rape around six weeks before he abducted and raped the 15-year-old girl. |
| The teenager was snatched near Summerhill Road in the Highfield area of Wrexham on Friday 20 October. | The teenager was snatched near Summerhill Road in the Highfield area of Wrexham on Friday 20 October. |
| The girl was eventually freed 70 miles (113km) away in Bangor | The girl was eventually freed 70 miles (113km) away in Bangor |
| Police were alerted by a member of the public who said the girl was being forced into a van. | Police were alerted by a member of the public who said the girl was being forced into a van. |
| Sexual offending | Sexual offending |
| The subsequent inquiry involved six UK police forces before eventually leading to Grant. | The subsequent inquiry involved six UK police forces before eventually leading to Grant. |
| At the time police said the girl had undergone a "horrendous" ordeal before being found. | At the time police said the girl had undergone a "horrendous" ordeal before being found. |
| Grant has a history of violent sexual offending. | Grant has a history of violent sexual offending. |
| He had been jailed for 12 years in 1991 after raping a woman having beaten her husband and locked him in a cupboard at their home in West Sussex. | |
| He committed the rape, dubbed the "Straw Dogs attack" after a film in which a similar incident occurred, after escaping from Stafford Prison, where he had been serving five years for burglary. | He committed the rape, dubbed the "Straw Dogs attack" after a film in which a similar incident occurred, after escaping from Stafford Prison, where he had been serving five years for burglary. |
| Grant broke into the couple's cottage wearing a mask and armed with a pump-action shotgun, then tied up the man before raping his 26-year-old wife. | Grant broke into the couple's cottage wearing a mask and armed with a pump-action shotgun, then tied up the man before raping his 26-year-old wife. |