A man's jailed for strangling and sexually assaulting a woman in Stoke-on-Trent

35 year old Dane Parker's also been sentenced for a separate attack on a man

Author: Lynsey BagnallPublished 20th Dec 2024

Dane Parker has been jailed for 5 years and 8 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

The 35 year old of no fixed address admitted sexual assault on a female, exposure and intentional strangulation.

The incident happened inside a house in Stoke-on-Trent on 26 June this year.

Parker has also been sentenced for attacking a man with a chainsaw which left the victim with a deep laceration to his hand.

The court heard how Parker had been a regular monkey dust user for a number of years - and was high at the time of the attacks.

At sentencing the judge said Parker’s behaviour was 'utterly outrageous'

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