John Giltrap fails in bid to cut 11-year sentence for raping schoolgirl

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John Giltrap failed in his bid to have his 11-year prison term reduced, according to a report published in June 2022. The report identifies the term as relating to his repeated rapes of his partner’s schoolgirl sister.

Giltrap had previously appealed his conviction. The Court of Appeal dismissed that appeal in January 2022; a report at the time said the court rejected his argument that the jury’s guilty verdict was perverse or contrary to the weight of evidence. He was found guilty of 20 rape charges and sentenced to 11 years, with the terms to run concurrently.