A MAN who throttled a teen before raping her is on the run.
Jason Vincent Longhurst, 44, strangled the woman - who has not been named for legal reasons - until she blacked out and then raped her several years ago.
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Jason Vincent Longhurst, 44, is on the run
Longhurst failed to answer his bail when the trial began - and failed to attend a court hearing in August.
He previously denied both charges of intent to rape and rape at York Magistrates’ Court.
On Monday, judge Mariga Mostafa issued a warrant for his arrest.
Police told the court his blinds were down in his Acomb home - and no-one answered the door.
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The trial earlier heard a police interview with Longhurst.
He was recorded saying: “I have never hit her, never slept with her, never had sex with her and never kissed her.”
Witnesses heard the victim screaming and saw Longhurst flee the house where the attach took place, the Gazette Herald reported.
Medical records also supported her account.
Defence barrister Julian Goode said none of Longhurst’s 184 previous convictions were for sexual crimes - but nothing else supported his account.
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