Witton Park rapist: I did it

THE notorious Witton Park rapist is facing life behind bars after pleading guilty to a savage sex attack on a young woman 11 years ago. Graham Darbyshire's guilty plea to two charges of rape and one of indecent assault have finally brought one of Lancashire police's most high profile manhunts to a close. And his conviction, due to advances in DNA technology, has finally given his victim the reassurance that he will not strike again. It was also revealed that Darbyshire, who had a previous conviction for rape in 1984, came close to being caught when he was arrested for shoplifting two years after the Blackburn attack between the park and Billinge Woods. .

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