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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 West 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 West 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 serve at least 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. |
| She was simply walking down the street when she was snatched off it and the nightmare began Judge Stephen Clarke | She was simply walking down the street when she was snatched off it and the nightmare began Judge Stephen Clarke |
| She was threatened with a machete, tied up and driven to a secluded spot. | She was threatened with a machete, tied up and driven to a secluded spot. |
| After raping the teeanger, Grant drove for another hour before attempting to rape her again. | After raping the teeanger, Grant drove for another hour before attempting to rape her again. |
| She was eventually freed 70 miles (113km) away in Bangor | She 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. |
| 'Terrifying ordeal' | 'Terrifying ordeal' |
| Judge Stephen Clarke told Grant: "Your behaviour certainly manifests quite clearlya perverted, what might be called psychopathic, tendency. | Judge Stephen Clarke told Grant: "Your behaviour certainly manifests quite clearlya perverted, what might be called psychopathic, tendency. |
| "If you are at large you are likely to remain a danger to women for anindefinite period of time." | "If you are at large you are likely to remain a danger to women for anindefinite period of time." |
| 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 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. |
| The girl was abducted in Wrexham | |
| 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. |
| The most recent offences led to a police operation involving six UK police forces. | The most recent offences led to a police operation involving six UK police forces. |
| 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. |
| Judge Clarke her courage during the "nightmare". | Judge Clarke her courage during the "nightmare". |
| He said: "She showed remarkable courage in what must have been a terrifyingordeal, and one can only hope that gradually the memory of this will fade, but Iimagine it will remain with her for a long, long time. | He said: "She showed remarkable courage in what must have been a terrifyingordeal, and one can only hope that gradually the memory of this will fade, but Iimagine it will remain with her for a long, long time. |
| "She was simply unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. | "She was simply unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
| "She was simply walking down the street when she was snatched off it and thenightmare began." | "She was simply walking down the street when she was snatched off it and thenightmare began." |
| North Wales Police's deputy chief constable Clive Wolfendale paid tribute to "a magnificent team effort" which led to Grant's capture and conviction. | North Wales Police's deputy chief constable Clive Wolfendale paid tribute to "a magnificent team effort" which led to Grant's capture and conviction. |
| "This was, in every respect, detective work of the highest calibre. We are also very grateful to police forces across the north of England who helped in the arrest. | "This was, in every respect, detective work of the highest calibre. We are also very grateful to police forces across the north of England who helped in the arrest. |
| "I am intensely proud of what my officers have achieved in bringing this most dangerous offender to justice." | "I am intensely proud of what my officers have achieved in bringing this most dangerous offender to justice." |