Sexual ‘predator’ and Accrington Rapist, Thomas Nichols, deliberately targeted and raped vulnerable drunk women after nights out in Hyndburn.
The 28-year-old, of Belfield Road, Accrington, raped a woman as she slept and another in a shed.
Thomas Nichols was was unanimously found guilty of two offences of rape after a five-day trial.
Judge Sara Dodd said the jury ‘rightly saw through your arrogance’ and sentenced Thomas Nichols to 13 years in prison and an extended five-years on licence.
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