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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
World
Ellen Kirwin

Violent rapist smothered victims' faces with pillow

A violent rapist would placed a pillow over his victims' faces so they couldn’t breathe.

Ben Smith was jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of seven counts of rape and two counts of coercive and controlling behaviour in Chester Crown Court in April. The 28-year-old was also given restraining orders to protect the two women, and is subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

Smith's violent actions were exposed when two women reported he had raped them on more than one occasion. They both also said he was controlling and coercive.

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