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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Police were ready to let dangerous rapist walk free until woman's bravery changed everything

On a mild morning outside Glasgow High Court on Monday, two women shared a tearful embrace.

After years of trauma, Kelly* and Lisa* (not their real names) had just seen their rapist, 38-year-old John Wood, sent to prison for six years. Kelly, from Liverpool, seemed overwhelmed and unsure what to make of it.

Between puffs on her cigarette, she repeated, "it's not long enough". Friends of Glaswegian Lisa, who came to support both women, reassured her: "That's him done now" and "his life is over".

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