'Dangerous' pub landlord is jailed for raping three women

A "dangerous and manipulative sexual predator" has been given an extended jail sentence after being found guilty of raping three women in Wakefield.

- by Charles Gray

Benjamin Baxter, 38, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years at Leeds Crown Court on Monday after being found guilty of the charges following a trial in May.

The court heard Baxter, a pub landlord in Wakefield, raped two women on separate occasions while on bail for two previous charges of rape and one of controlling and coercive behaviour, which occurred between 2016 and 2018.