Evil rapist, 39, admits terrifying sex attack on girl, 14, in alleyway after ‘binding wrists & covering mouth with tape’
A SEX attacker appeared to smirk in court as he admitted the horrific stranger rape of a 14-year-old girl.
Shane Nash, 39, pleaded guilty to one charge of rape and a second of attempted rape – on the same child.
A court heard Nash took the girl from an alleyway onto a grass area where he raped her and attempted to rape her in Top Valley on January 29.
Nash, wearing rosary beads, a pale blue top and grey jogging bottoms, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his guilty pleas at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.
The incident took place near the alleyway between Park Vale Academy and Rise Park Primary School, in Rise Park.
The victim was bound by her wrists and had masking tape put on her mouth.
Mitigating, barrister Simon Eckersley said the defendant acknowledges inevitably there will be a prison sentence of some length – but first there needed to be a report to address the issue of dangerousness, and well as a victim impact statement.
Prosecutor Dawn Pritchard said interim registration now applies on the sex offenders’ register. A sentencing date was set for May 19 at 2pm, and Nash will remain in custody.
The judge told him in the dock he had pleaded guilty to very serious matters and the net result is likely to be a sentence of some length.
But, she said, in addition to that a pre-sentence report needed to assess the question of dangerousness.
As Nash went to leave the dock, there was an outburst towards him in the dock from a man in the public gallery.
The judge said she had every sympathy with those sitting in the public gallery, and “I understand it is difficult when a defendant behaves in the way he has”.
Miss Pritchard pledged to speak with the family, with the judge acknowledging she understood emotions were running high.
The swift conclusion of the case comes after Nottinghamshire Live reported on the launch of a police investigation into the incident and subsequent arrest.