Fourth girl held in handyman’s horror dungeon

A 16-YEAR-OLD who was held captive in a back yard “dungeon” and repeatedly raped was rescued after she was finally able to make a whispered phone call to her sister, police in New York state said yesterday.

The call led officers to a weathered blue home hidden behind a 20ft evergreen hedge. It was there they believe 67-year-old John Jamelske, a widower and retired handyman with two sons, systematically imprisoned and raped at least four young women.

The 16-year-old was allegedly held there for six months, and while Jamelske’s lawyer has insisted it is not a “Silence-of-the-Lambs-scenario,” police are hunting for more possible victims.