A British man admitted on Thursday raping a woman in a violent
\ntwo-hour attack just hours before his wedding to his pregnant
\ngirlfriend.<\/p>\n

Derry McCann, 28, who newspapers reported had only recently been
\nfreed from prison after carrying out a similar rape in 2006, attacked
\nthe woman as she returned home from a night out with friends shortly
\nafter midnight on January 13.<\/p>\n

He dragged his victim, aged in her mid-20s, into a park near her
\nhouse in Hackney, east London, raped and beat her, and then after the
\nordeal took pictures of her. Later that same day he married his partner.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court to four
\noffences of rape and stealing his victim’s phone, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

“This was a terrifying, violent and prolonged attack involving rapes
\n committed by a man intent on inflicting fear and psychological
\nsuffering,” said Andrew Held of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n

McCann will be sentenced on April 28 and media reported judge Martyn
\n Zeidman told him he would be going to jail for a “very, very long
\ntime”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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