On a dark street in the early hours of a cold November morning, Courtney Adams was prowling for his next victim. The drug-abusing criminal was on a spree of offending - targeting vehicles, properties...
and people. In a haze of heroin, crack and cannabis, his offending spiralled. The consequences, for a young woman in what was supposed to be safety of her own home, were awful. Join our FREE Manchester Crime and Court WhatsApp group by clicking here As Adams' descended into total depravity, on that early winter night last year, he burgled a student's flat and violently raped her.
After attacking the woman and stealing her belongings, he forced her to withdraw cash from an ATM at knifepoint. Despite the drugs he had abused, Adams knew exactly what he was doing.
He thought he'd left the scene without a trace. He had worn a mask, gloves and kept his hood up so he couldn’t be identified.
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