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“PREDATOR” TEENAGER TRIED TO RAPE WOMEN AFTER EXPOSING HIMSELF IN PARK…HE WAS CAUGHT AFTER VICTIM TOOK A PHOTO OF HIM FLEEING. The 17-year-old was jailed for eight years at Minshull Street Crown Court
November 8, 2019
Sophie Halle-Richards
Manchester Evening News
A teenage boy who exposed himself to two women before attempting to rape them has been jailed for eight years.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, approached both women in Alexander Park in Oldham over the space of two months.
Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court heard that one of his victims’ was threatened with a knife during what was described as a ‘disturbing’ attack.
On January 17, the boy approached a woman and grabbed her from behind, before trying to drag her into some nearby