Parole rapist jailed for 15 years

Friday 26 August 1994 23:02 BST

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A MAN who kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl was jailed for 15 years at Mold Crown Court yesterday. Paul Cleaver, 29, was on parole from a jail sentence for a sex attack on another girl at the time. He was arrested three days after the attack after the girl gave police an accurate description of him and the car registration number.

The court was told that in October 1991 Cleaver was jailed for five years for enticing an 11- year-old girl to a house where he tied her up and performed an illegal sex act on her. He was released on parole in March this year, two months before the rape, to a hostel in Hull.

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