A man who violently beat and raped a woman in 2003 – in an attack that led to the wrongful conviction of another man who spent 17 years in prison – has been given an extended sentence of 24 years.
Paul Quinn, 52, evaded justice for more than two decades but was found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of choking with intent and one count of grievous bodily harm after new DNA technology linked him to the crime.
The victim, a then-mother-of-two who cannot be named for legal reasons, was walking along Cleggs Lane in Little Hulton, near Salford, in the early hours of 19 July 2003 when she was pushed down an embankment before being was beaten, raped and strangled by Quinn.
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