A man who raped, strangled, and imprisoned a woman in Knutsford has been jailed. Lee Jones at first claimed his "horrendous" behaviour was part of consensual sex but eventually admitted a series of crimes and is now starting a 12 year prison sentence.
Jones, 46, admitted raping the victim of two occasions. On the first, he strangled her before motioning to a knife on the floor and making threats to her family.
He was arrested on February 26 after the terrified victim messaged family members asking them to call the police for her. In a statement, Cheshire Constabulary said: "When interviewed in custody he claimed that the sex he had with the victim was consensual.
