Wedding day rapist jailed

A groom who raped a woman hours before marrying his pregnant girlfriend has been jailed for life, police said.

Derry McCann, 28, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of nine years yesterday at Snaresbrook Crown Court, the Metropolitan Police said.

The sex offender launched his “terrifying, violent and prolonged” twohour assault as his victim was “within sight” of her front door in an east London park on January 13.

He was arrested by police on January 18 and charged the following day.

McCann, of Hackney, east London, admitted three counts of rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of robbery on March 2 at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

His conviction came a decade after he was jailed for carrying out a similar prolonged rape as a teenager. It is understood he was handed a life sentence in 2006 for the violent act, also committed in a London park.

Detective Sergeant Stephen Porter, from the Met’s sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command, said the sentence was “completely deserved”. A man who sexually assaulted a woman as she slept on a coach has been jailed.

Admir Senaj, 29, sat next to his victim as they travelled from London to Nottingham on November 13 last year.

Police said the 24-yearold woman fell asleep during the journey and woke to find Senaj sexually assaulting her.

Officers were called and the coach stopped near junction 23 of the M1, where Senaj fled the scene, running across the carriageway.

Leicestershire Police said he was found guilty of assault by penetration.

Senaj was jailed for four years at Leicester Crown Court yesterday.

Derry McCann