John Callaway, of Shakespeare Close in Everton, aged 43 (Image: Merseyside Police)

A security guard preyed upon a lone woman on a night out near to the Bombed Out Church months before he raped a student in eerily similar circumstances. John Callaway was this week labelled a "very dangerous man" by a judge, having taken his victim away to a secluded location under the pretence of giving her a lift home but instead subjecting her to a harrowing sexual assault in the back of his van.

The incident came less than six months after he was arrested after being accused of targeting another woman in a "strikingly similar" manner, although she was able to escape his clutches on this occasion. While he was arrested in connection with the alleged assault, he was ultimately released and left free to

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