A monster who raped a teenage girl through a night and into the next morning has had his prison sentence extended after a court ruled it was "unduly lenient".
Matthew Grant, 35, also punched his 16-year-old victim repeatedly, threw her against a wall and strangled her. Over the course of the horrific attack, the victim suffered a perforated ear drum and sustained heavy bruising all over her body.
On July 5 this year, Grant was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment at Wolverhampton Crown Court for offences including six counts of rape and a count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
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Following the sentencing, Grant’s sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
On Thursday (September 29), the Court found Grant’s original sentence to be unduly lenient, and he was ordered to serve a new sentence of 13 years’ imprisonment.
Speaking after the hearing, HM Solicitor General Michael Tomlinson MP said: "This was a harrowing case of rape which has left the victim with lasting psychological damage. While no sentence can repair the harm caused by Matthew Grant’s crimes, I welcome the decision of the Court of Appeal to impose a stronger sentence which better reflects the severity of the dreadful offending which has taken place."
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