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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Helen William

Attacker caught by DNA after three decades has sentence increased

A man who was eventually trapped by DNA evidence and jailed more than three decades after carrying out “the most serious example of indecent assault” on a teenager has had his five-year sentence increased.

Raymond Ellis chased his 17 year-old victim before dragging her along a passageway behind Skinnerthorpe Road in Sheffield and assaulting her in March 1987.

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