Cumbrian court warns rapist he faces big jail term
Last updated at 11:38, Tuesday, 11 September 2012
A man has been warned to expect a long prison sentence after pleading guilty to seven rapes.
The charges were among a catalogue of sex crimes which Christopher Neal Holmes, of The Grange, Hillcrest, Whitehaven, admitted at Carlisle Crown Court.
The 46-year-old – smartly dressed in a pale blue shirt and dark blue tie – pleaded guilty to seven charges of rape, five of indecent assault and one of gross indecency.
He pleaded not guilty to two further charges – one each of rape and indecent assault – and these are likely to be left lying on the court file without being proceeded with. Holmes, ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register, will be sentenced on Thursday.
First published at 11:25, Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
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