I'd lock him up and throw away the key'

Family's anger as pervert is jailed for raping girls

- JOHN SCHEERHOUT

A MAN has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years after a jury convicted him of raping and sexually assaulting two young girls.

Michael Hopwood, 27, from Openshaw, sexually abused the girls, who were under the age of 12.

The married father had denied three counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape, four charges of sexual assault and one charge of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. But a jury convicted him and now he has been handed a long jail sentence with an extended licence period.