Eight year sentence for Chell Heath Man

Detectives have welcomed an eight year jail sentence handed down to a Stoke-on-Trent man for rape.

Thomas Howells of Salkeld Place in Chell Heath, was convicted in December last year. 

During the trial, the victim read out a statement in court which detailed the impact the crime, which happened in May 2019, continues to have on her life.

19-year-old Howells, has also been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.