Serial rapist admits sex attack

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A convicted serial rapist, who was out on licence after serving 10 years in jail, has pleaded guilty to attacking a teenager in Dorset.

Richard Ewing, aged 41, originally from Devon, admitted five charges after the 17-year-old girl was attacked in fields in Weymouth on 22 July.

He was convicted of two counts of rape, attempted rape, kidnap and sexual assault at Dorchester Crown Court.

Ewing is due to be sentenced for the crimes later.

In 1995, Ewing was convicted at Exeter Crown Court of raping a mother-of-three in 1989, attacking a woman in 1993 and raping a woman as she walked her dog along the River Exe in Devon in the same year.

He received an 18-year sentence for rape but was released from prison on his mandatory non-parole date in December 2005.

More than 100 officers took part in a nationwide search for Ewing, who police described as "extremely dangerous", following the attack on the 17-year-old in the summer.

The Home Office confirmed Ewing had been staying in "approved" accommodation in Westway Road, Weymouth at the time.