Violent robber jailed indefinitely to ‘protect public’

A VIOLENT robber who helped rape and torture a couple in their home during an ordeal of “unbelievable brutality” was jailed indefinitely in order to protect the general public yesterday.

Gavin Gordon, 31, who has a string of convictions for violence dating back to when he was a teenager, was given an indeterminate sentence and told he must serve a minimum of nine years before being considered for parole.

But key members of the gang that raped the 26-year-old woman in her home in Clapham, south London, while her boyfriend screamed as he was tortured in the next room, may still be on the loose, Southwark Crown Court in central London was told.