Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A man who raped a 13-year-old girl over five times in the back of his van has been jailed.
Gary Healey, 61, groomed the girl from when she was just 11, initially kissing her on the mouth. The abuse progressed as he molested her in the back of his van, telling her to take her underwear off and if she didn’t ‘he would do it for her’. READ MORE: Young dad broke man's jaw with hammer in 'revenge' attack outside tandoori restaurant in Prestwich The grandfather went onto rape the girl five or six times over the course of a year, Manchester Crown Court heard.
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