Rapist snared by old DNA

A MAN has been jailed for an abduction and rape featured on Crimewatch after an “out of the blue” DNA match 24 years later.

Christopher Scott was also sentenced for sexually assaulting another woman after she recognised his photo in a news report about the rape conviction.

The 65-year-old, from Nottingham, was jailed for 20 years at the city’s crown court.

Mrs Justice Carr described the rape as a “brutal, terrifying and sustained attack”.

Scott crept up behind his 18-year-old victim at a bus stop, grabbed her and held a knife to her neck.

He dragged her down an alleyway and forced her into his car, tied her wrists together and covered her head to disorientate her, the court heard.

Scott drove her away and raped her twice. The whole ordeal lasted almost two hours before he eventually let her go.

Swabs were taken from the victim and preserved by police in 1992.

He was eventually caught 24 years later when he gave police a DNA sample after being arrested over a dispute with his son.

Ch Supt Rob Griffin, who worked on the rape case for a decade, said he felt “disbelief ”.

He added: “I actually thought I was misreading it to begin with because it was so completely and utterly out of the blue.” PARENTS are increasingly footing the bill for their grown-up kids – with more than a quarter paying their Netflix subscription, a MoneySuperMarket study revealed.

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