A man who has been dubbed an 'incredibly dangerous' sexual predator has been jailed for life after he raped a 15-year-old girl and 23-year-old woman at knifepoint in Oldham just months apart.

Paul Creedy from Manchester faces a minimum term of 13 years and four months behind bars after he attacked a young girl and a woman in two separate incidents.

Manchester Crown Court heard today (March 28) how the 31-year-old supplied a 15-year-old girl with food and an alcoholic drink in a house in Oldham in June 2022.

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He then took her phone from her and raped her, ignoring her repeated protests for him to stop.

After the attack, he apologised to the girl and took her on a tram to Victoria Station where he left her.

The following day, the victim told her family what had happened and the police were contacted.

Creedy also called the police, telling them the teenager was "prone to making up lies".

When he was arrested and interviewed, he denied anything sexual had happened.

Creedy was released as the girl was not in a position to support the prosecution of the case.

Just five months after the first attack at 1.40am in November, Creedy 'befriended' a 23-year-old woman outside a nightclub in Oldham.

He walked her to the same house in Oldham and started to assault her.

When she resisted and cried out, he pulled a kitchen knife on her and held it to her throat.

The court heard how Creedy told her the sooner she complied, the sooner it would be over, before raping her.

He then made her shower and told her if she told anyone he would petrol bomb her house.

The victim was able to make her escape and a stranger helped her call the police.

When officers searched the house, they found the woman's phone.

Creedy gave a 'no comment' police interview and was charged with raping the woman.

Later in the criminal proceedings, Creedy claimed all sexual activity was consensual and disagreed with the expert's forensic findings.

After his second attack, police contacted the teenager who was able to give a formal account of what had happened to her.

Her clothes were examined and found to have Creedy's DNA on them, which corroborated her account.

Creedy was subsequently charged with raping the teenager and the Crown Prosecution Service was able to make an application to join the legal proceedings into one trial, given the similarities in the reports by the woman and the girl.

A trial in October last year found Creedy to be guilty of four counts of rape and one count of threatening a person with a knife.

Ruby Mckeague of the CPS said: “Paul Creedy is an incredibly dangerous sexual predator.

"He preyed on two females by isolating them and luring them to a house with the sole intention of taking advantage of them in the most appalling way.

“After raping the teenage girl, believing he had got away with it, Creedy then a few months later lured the woman to the same house and raped her at knifepoint.

“He tried to discredit the teenager by telling police she was prone to telling lies.

"He also took proactive steps to try and remove his DNA from his second victim by making her shower.

"These actions show the levels of manipulation this individual is capable of.

"In addition, despite the strong DNA evidence supporting both the females’ accounts, Creedy continued to disagree with the Prosecution’s forensic experts and put the two of them through the further ordeal of a trial.

“I hope that as Creedy begins his prison sentence, the two young women can now begin to put their trauma behind them and begin to move on with their lives."