“I’m a friend, we know each other": Woman out celebrating the end of lockdown raped by stranger who offered to escort her home after lying to those trying to help

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A woman who was out celebrating the end of lockdown was raped by a stranger after he acted as a 'Good Samaritan' and helped her back to her flat.

John Geraghty, 40, has been locked up after admitting the attack on the woman at her flat in Preston, Lancashire, in April this year.

Preston Crown Court heard how the woman, who is in her 20s, was 'ridiculously off her head' after knocking back at least four pints of strong beer at a pub in the city centre.

Geraghty, who was also drunk, had earlier spotted his victim collapsed and crying in the street and noted she was so intoxicated she was barely able to speak.