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Samuel Fortes

Rapist Sentenced to Life for Brutal Attack on a Woman in Leeds

18 April 2019
A brutal rapist who attacked his victim in Leeds and then fled to Sheffield has been sentenced to life in prison. Samuel Fortes, 27, of Ironside Road, Sheffield, attacked the 20-year-old woman in the early hours of Saturday 23 June (between 03:15 and 03:30am) under the flyover footbridge adjacent to Grace Street in Leeds city centre.