PETERBOROUGH MAN IN COURT CHARGED WITH RAPE AND BLACKMAIL
Update 23/03/2026: A man who raped two women in Peterborough has been jailed for 26 years.
Wayne Lightfoot, 36, met his first victim while on a night out on 4 September 2022.
They went to the victim’s home and had consensual sex.
Later that night he forced himself upon her, despite being clearly told, “no”, and that he needed to leave, he raped her.
On 26 August last year, Lightfoot went on a date with his second victim in Peterborough before going back to his house in Stanton Square, Hampton Hargate.
When they arrived, the victim changed her mind and said she wanted to leave but he violently assaulted her, took her phone away and raped her.
Following a trial, Lightfoot was found guilty at Peterborough Crown Court of four counts of rape, seven counts of sexual assault and false imprisonment.
On Friday (20 March) he was sentenced at the same court to 26 years in prison.
He was also handed an indefinite Restraining Order and Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first and surname
44.4%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
34.1%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
54.6%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
ough Crown Court of four counts of rape, seven counts of sexual assault and false imprisonment. On Friday (20 March) he was sentenced at the same court to 26 years in prison. He was also handed an indefinite Restraining Order and Sexual ...
Prison sentence
26 years
Update 23/03/2026: A man who raped two women in Peterborough has been jailed for 26 years
Prison sentence
26 years
On Friday (20 March) he was sentenced at the same court to 26 years in prison
Court order
He was also handed an indefinite Restraining Order and Sexual Harm Prevention Order
