He raped two women as they slept but they found the courage to put him behind bars
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA rapist who attacked two women as they slept has been jailed. Alan Pickering was today sentenced to 15 years in prison along with four years on extended licence.
The 40-year-old had earlier been found guilty of five counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. During the trial, Liverpool Crown Court was told that between January 2004 and July 2020 Pickering raped two victims on multiple occasions in the Chester and Wirral areas.
Both women told police that they had woken to find that Pickering was raping then, despite the fact that neither of them had given their consent.
His offending continued even after the victims repeatedly asked him to stop. READ MORE: READ MORE: The allegations against Pickering came to light in 2020 after a report was made to social services at Cheshire West and Chester and police began an investigation.
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