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A dangerous sex offender who sexually assaulted and robbed a woman as she walked home from a night out has been jailed for 10 years.
Aaron Burns, 31, followed his victim as she walked through Lancaster city centre at around 2am on November 14, 2019. When she got to her home the victim felt somebody put a hand over her face and a hand around her waist.
Burns then said: “You’re coming with me or I’ll murder you.” Burns pulled her onto a canal towpath, before asking what money she had and going through her handbag.
He then sexually assaulted her in a harrowing ordeal. The victim pushed Burns away and shouted for him to leave her alone. But he then grabbed her mobile phone and threw it into the canal, telling her she wasn’t using it.
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Burns then ran off and the victim sought help. Burns, of no fixed address, was arrested and linked to the offence from CCTV footage recovered by Lancashire Constabulary's investigation team.
He denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty of sexual assault, kidnap and robbery following a trial at Preston Crown Court. He was sentenced at the same court earlier this month.
Having deemed Burns to be dangerous, the Judge told him that he must serve at least two thirds of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. Burns was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.
DI Dylan Hrynkow, of Lancaster CID, said: “This was an appalling offence committed against a young woman as she walked home from a night out with friends. This crime has understandably had a profound impact on her – made all the worse by the fact Burns forced her to relive the ordeal by running a trial.
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