Northamptonshire rapist locked up for horrific sex attack

A 21-year-old man from Northamptonshire has been jailed for seven years for raping a woman.

Dan Hardy, of Greens Norton, pleaded guilty to the offence at Amersham Crown Court on Friday February 5 and was sentenced on the same day. He will be on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Dan Hardy of Freemans Way, Greens Nortonplaceholder image
Dan Hardy of Freemans Way, Greens Norton

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: “On November 29, 2014 between 4am and 6am Dan Hardy raped the victim, a woman in her twenties, during a two-hour ordeal at a flat at an address in Buckinghamshire. The victim sustained bruising and bite marks all over her body and face.”

Investigating officer, Det Con Michele Weston, of Aylesbury CID, said: “This was an horrific ordeal for the victim in this case, and she has shown nothing but courage throughout this whole process. I hope now she will be able to move forward with her life now that justice has been served.”

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