welcome
BBC UK

BBC UK

US Politics

US Politics

Newport: Victims praised as 'sadistic' rapist jailed

BBC UK
Summary
Nutrition label

58% Informative

John Harding , 28 , was sentenced to 15 years in prison for 10 charges including rape, strangulation and false imprisonment.

He took one of his victims, then 16 , to a woodland in Newport , Wales , in June last year .

He then strangled the girl until she passed out and hit her in an attempt to get her to "breathe again" The following month, he attacked another woman who he had been seeing for 12 days , Merthyr Crown Court heard.

He told her he would kill her and the men if she screamed to get their attention.

VR Score

58

Informative language

56

Neutral language

59

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

31

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Small business owner?

Otherweb launches Autoblogger—a revolutionary way to bring more leads to any small business, using the power of AI.