Rapist threatened to throw victim, 16, into river

A man who raped a 16-year-old girl and threatened to throw her in a river shortly after leaving his girlfriend’s house has been jailed for six years.

Peter Halligan, aged 23, covered his face and grabbed the girl from behind as she was making her way home from her friend’s house just before midnight.

He was later arrested after a school friend saw him in the area. DNA found on the victim also matched Halligan.