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Rapist caught by DNA 20 years after attack on teen
Kennedy Jimmy was convicted after a DNA match from Operation Painter linked him to a 2006 rape; he received a six-year prison sentence and a lifelong restraining order.
- On Friday, Luton Crown Court sentenced Kennedy Jimmy to six years in prison, resolving a 20-year-old investigation into a 2006 Shefford rape, Bedfordshire Police said.
- Bedfordshire Police say Operation Painter's forensic analysis revealed a DNA match, leading to the arrest after detectives could not identify the offender known only as 'Kenny'.
- In October 2006, the attacker met the victim and her friend in a Shefford supermarket car park and pulled the teenage girl into a car when the friend entered a shop; the victim escaped to a nearby pub where police were alerted.
- Following sentencing, officers urged other victims to come forward, with Detective Constable Rhian Batterham-Jones saying `This conviction demonstrates that time is no barrier to justice`.
- Beyond the sentence, police say forensic progress helped identify Jimmy, now living in Staffordshire, with a lifelong restraining order imposed.
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