Would-be Rapist Left Battered and Bruised by Victim

Johnathon Holmes, 35, dragged a 21-year-old woman into some bushes in Sheffield city centre, but ended up getting a taste of justice.

She bit his tongue, hit him in the face and punched him in the stomach during the terrifying ordeal.

Prior to the attack, she realised she was being followed and contacted her partner and put her keys inside her hand to protect herself if needed.

Holmes has now been jailed for four and half years after Sheffield Crown Court heard his victim say she was convinced he was going to rape her.

She told the court: ‘My life would have been over – he might as well have killed me right there. I was so terrified but so angry.’