A MAN has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a seven-hour horror ordeal.
Paul Sharpe, 56, bundled the youngster into a car at knifepoint as she was walking through Altrincham in Greater Manchester.
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Paul Sharpe, from Stockport, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl Credit: GMP
Cops discovered the teen in a hotel car park in Cheshire Credit: Google
Cops discovered the teen some eight hours later inside a car in a hotel car park in Knutsford, Cheshire – around seven miles away.
At around 7.30pm on May 18, Sharpe kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint, putting her in headlock and forcing her into his car.
The 56-year-old then tied her wrists and ankles with a necktie after telling the girl her dad owed him money and driving her to an airport car park.
As Sharpe moved around different car parks, he forced her to drink alcohol and sexually assaulted her.
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Cops carried out extensive CCTV enquiries after the youngster’s mother raised the alarm and Sharpe was arrested in Cottons Hotel and Spa car park at around 3.40am the following day.
In an interview, Sharpe said he had been feeling bad, and kidnapped the girl at random as he thought it would be easier than kidnapping an adult.
Sharpe, from Stockport, claimed he “wasn’t thinking clearly” and intended to release the scared teen when it was light outside.
He alleged his motives weren’t sexual, but admitted to being aroused after smelling his victim’s feet.
Sharpe pleaded guilty to six offences including kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual activity in the presence of a child and making threats with a bladed article.
Hannah Gee, Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Paul Sharpe, a convicted murderer, kidnapped an innocent girl at knifepoint in broad daylight.
“In this terrifying incident, the victim was held captive for eight hours while Sharpe forced her to drink alcohol and sexually assaulted her.
“Sharpe gave no thought to the impact his actions, for his own depraved reasons, would have on his victim.
“Although his guilty pleas today have spared her from the ordeal of a trial, I would like to thank the girl, and her family, for supporting this prosecution and ensuring this dangerous offender is back where he belongs.”
Sharpe will be sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court on 4 September.
