23/09/2013
Child Rapist Jailed For Minimum Term Of 15 Years
A 39-year-old serial sex attacker has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 15 years.
Karl Clay, from Wood End, Coventry, was found guilty in July of 13 charges of raping children and attacking and threatening children and adults over a 16 year period from 1991.
Clay raped two children, attempted to suffocate and drown two women and doused two other adults and a children in petrol and threatened to set them on fire.
Police believe that there are more victims of Clay who have yet to come forward, saying there are periods of his life of which they know very little.
(MH)
Karl Clay, from Wood End, Coventry, was found guilty in July of 13 charges of raping children and attacking and threatening children and adults over a 16 year period from 1991.
Clay raped two children, attempted to suffocate and drown two women and doused two other adults and a children in petrol and threatened to set them on fire.
Police believe that there are more victims of Clay who have yet to come forward, saying there are periods of his life of which they know very little.
(MH)
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Clegg To Urge Party To 'Stick With The Coalition'
In Nick Clegg’s address to the Liberal Democrat conference later today he is expected to urge his party to stick with the coalition and insist the government is on a path to prosperity. In his end-of-conference-speech, the deputy prime minister will also pledge extra money for 110,000 children struggling with maths and English.
Clegg To Urge Party To 'Stick With The Coalition'
In Nick Clegg’s address to the Liberal Democrat conference later today he is expected to urge his party to stick with the coalition and insist the government is on a path to prosperity. In his end-of-conference-speech, the deputy prime minister will also pledge extra money for 110,000 children struggling with maths and English.
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