SHOREHAM: JORDAN MURPHY JAILED FOR RAPE AND ASSAULT ON SAME NIGHT - BBC NEWS
A man who raped a woman and assaulted another on the same night has been jailed for nine years.Jordan Murphy raped a 21-year-old woman off an alleyway near Middle Road, Shoreham, West Sussex, on 8 March last year.
Earlier that night, he grabbed a second victim but she managed to escape.
Murphy, 24, was convicted at Lewes Crown Court of rape, common assault and committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.
Following his sentencing, Sussex Police released the second victim's witness statement, in which she explained the attack had made her nervous and prone to panic attacks.
She said: "Although this is the worst thing to have happened in my life, I don’t hold any hate, I don’t hold any grudge towards the defendant." Police said after the rape, the victim reported Murphy's appearance to her family and friends who immediately retraced her footsteps.
They took a picture of a lone man who the victim recognised as her attacker.
Police then publicly appealed for help in identifying the man, leading to Murphy's arrest.
He was put on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.
