'Long jail term' for attacker.A SEX attacker who targeted two female strangers in separate assaults months apart has been warned he faces years behind bars. Daniel Tsegay attempted to rape his first victim, aged 42, after dragging her into an alleyway in Blandford Square in Newcastle city centre in May last year. He struck again three months later when he indecently assaulted an 18-year-old woman after grabbing hold of her as she walked near Marlborough Crescent. Tsegay, 29, of Diana Street, Newcastle, had denied attempted rape and sexual assault Rape and Sexual Assault Definition The various definitions of rape range from the broad (coercing a person to engage in any sexual act) to the specific (forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse). , disputing the DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. profiling taken from the first victim and claiming the second victim had consented. But he was convicted on both counts yesterday after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court and remanded in custody after sentence was adjourned for probation service and sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. unit reports. Judge Beatrice Bolton told Tsegay: "You must understand that the inevitable sentence is custody and it will be a very lengthy custodial sentence." |
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