Convicted sex attacker who kidnapped terrified student at knifepoint as she walked home from Manchester night out had a ‘RAPE KIT’ with knife and handcuffs
David Gregory was previously jailed for 14 years after raping a teenager
A SEX attacker who kidnapped a student at knifepoint was later found with a ‘rape kit’ in his car.
David Gregory was jailed for 14 years in 2005 after raping a teenager while masked and armed with a blade.
But two years after his early release from prison, Gregory was prowling the streets of south Manchester in search of a new victim.
In his latest attack, on June 4, a young woman was returning home from a night out when Gregory snatched her off the street in Fallowfield.
A horrified witness heard the victim pleading for her life as Gregory chased her and bundled her into his Audi A3.
Fortunately the woman managed to escape his clutches and now the sex fiend - who had armed himself with handcuffs and a knife - faces another lengthy term behind bars.
After the horrifying attack, the victim tried to flag down a passing car - which didn’t stop - but Gregory was panicked by this and drove off with her bag, which contained belongings including her phone and her passport.
Police were alerted by a local woman who heard screaming and saw Gregory seize hold of the woman from her bedroom window. Gregory was traced by automatic number plate recognition hours later.
When officer stopped Gregory’s Audi near his home the following day they found duct tape, zip ties and sedating drugs in the car.
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Searches of his mobile phone revealed he had filmed lone women and researched directions to Didsbury and the universities. Examination of his laptop revealed he had also been browsing sick porn sites with themes of rape and violence.
Gregory, 46, admitted kidnap, committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence, threatening another with a bladed article and theft on the day his trial at Manchester Crown Court was due to begin.
He had been released from jail in April 2014 and was earning £25,000 a year as a panel beater in a garage at the time of the kidnap.
His barrister Richard Orme told the judge: “Following ten cans of lager and seven grams of cocaine on June 4, in the hours leading up to the offences, he was not of his own mind.
“Since his release from his previous sentence he has been hardworking, he has a partner, he has children, and to that extent I will be inviting Your Honour to set a course away from an indefinite sentence.”
Judge Tony Cross QC adjourned sentence to allow for reports which will consider whether Gregory should be sentenced under dangerous offender provisions.
He told Gregory: “In my judgement the evidence against you was overwhelming indeed. As you know a very long sentence awaits you - the only issue is what type of sentence it is.”