Overview
- Usama Al-Sari, 28, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on January 16 to 14 years in prison with an additional eight-year extended licence under dangerous-offender provisions.
- He received a lifelong restraining order, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and lifetime sex-offender registration.
- Greater Manchester Police released his 999 call in which he asked to turn himself in and admitted using a pellet gun to force the victim.
- The attack occurred on September 9, 2025 in Heaton Mersey Park, where he threatened a stranger with what appeared to be a firearm, raped her, and was arrested within hours.
- Police recovered an imitation air pistol and later found disturbing items at his home, while the victim reported severe ongoing psychological harm in a statement to the court.