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A convicted murderer has been jailed for life for raping a woman seven months after he was released from prison on parole. | A convicted murderer has been jailed for life for raping a woman seven months after he was released from prison on parole. |
Mark Shirley, 39, subjected Helen Stockford, from Bristol, to degrading and humiliating abuse before the rape. | |
In attacking Ms Stockford, 40, who has waived her right to anonymity, he tried to re-enact elements of a murder he had committed in Cardiff 22 years before. | |
Shirley was described by the judge as a highly dangerous man. | |
He is recommended to serve a minimum of nine years. | |
Shirley was first jailed for life in 1987, when 16, for murdering a pensioner. | Shirley was first jailed for life in 1987, when 16, for murdering a pensioner. |
He was found guilty last month of rape, false imprisonment, serious sexual assault, and committing false imprisonment with the intention of committing a sexual offence at Bristol Crown Court. | He was found guilty last month of rape, false imprisonment, serious sexual assault, and committing false imprisonment with the intention of committing a sexual offence at Bristol Crown Court. |
Mark Shirley murdered Mary Wainwright in her flat in Llanrumney, Cardiff in 1987 | |
In the latest attack Ms Stockford, a mother-of-five, was held at knifepoint for three-and-a-half hours at her home. | |
Shirley had been convicted of murdering Mary Wainwright, 67, whose disfigured body was found in her flat in Llanrumney, Cardiff in 1987. | |
She had been beaten and stabbed and there were ritualistic features to the killing. | She had been beaten and stabbed and there were ritualistic features to the killing. |
Shirley was later jailed for life at Cardiff Crown Court for that murder, but released on parole after 16 years in 2003. | Shirley was later jailed for life at Cardiff Crown Court for that murder, but released on parole after 16 years in 2003. |
He was later recalled to prison for excessive drinking but re-released in August 2008. | He was later recalled to prison for excessive drinking but re-released in August 2008. |
Seven months after his second release from prison, on 20 March, he raped Ms Stockford in north Bristol, attacking her with a flick-knife. | |
She gave evidence to the trial jury, saying Shirley told her she was a trusting and sweet lady "like Mary". | |
The Parole Board, which made the decision to release Shirley from prison, is to carry out a review of the case. | The Parole Board, which made the decision to release Shirley from prison, is to carry out a review of the case. |