It’s going to be another warm and sunny weekend in Greater Manchester. And what better way to spend it than going for a walk with family and friends, enjoying a few drinks in a beer garden or kicking back in your own back yard?
06.03.2022 - 23:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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A rapist who groomed a 15-year-old girl, took her to the cinema and attacked her in a hotel has been jailed for over nine years.
Jordan Lanzon, 26, befriended the girl on social media after making numerous accounts to contact her.
He claimed he was 17 when he was actually 23.
The pair met in November 2019 in Manchester city centre where they went to the cinema.
The following month they met again and Lanzon told the teen that he had booked them a hotel room to escape the cold.
It was there that he raped her, a court previously heard.
They continued to communicate, with Lanzon repeatedly booking hotel rooms for them and inviting her to join him.
She reported feeling scared and forced into having sex with him on multiple occasions.
He also asked her to perform sexual acts over video calls and via texts, it was said.
Following a trial in January this year, Lanzon, of Whalley Range, was found guilty of offences of rape, and had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with a child, and causing/inciting a
It’s going to be another warm and sunny weekend in Greater Manchester. And what better way to spend it than going for a walk with family and friends, enjoying a few drinks in a beer garden or kicking back in your own back yard?
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