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Stockport Park Rapist Jailed for 14 Years After Gunpoint Attack

The judge deemed Usama Al‑Sari a dangerous offender, imposing lifetime orders to manage his risk.

Overview

  • Usama Al‑Sari, 28, pleaded guilty and received 14 years’ imprisonment with an eight‑year extended licence for rape, sexual assault, kidnap with intent to commit a sexual offence, possession of a firearm, making threats to kill and drug possession.
  • Prosecutors said he threatened a woman with an imitation gun in Heaton Mersey Park on September 9, 2025, forced her toward woodland, orally raped her and made death threats before she escaped to a nearby pub.
  • Greater Manchester Police released his 999 call in which he said he wanted to “turn myself in,” admitted he “gave in” to compulsion and stated he had a pellet gun.
  • He was made subject to a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a lifetime entry on the Sex Offenders Register and a lifelong restraining order.
  • Court reporting detailed prior disclosures that he had daily violent sexual urges, attempts to seek NHS help that led to declined talking‑therapy referrals and safeguarding involvement, and a victim statement describing severe ongoing psychological harm.