Horbury man sentenced to over 10 years for rape and assault

    A Horbury man has been sentenced to more than ten years behind bars after admitting raping and assaulting a woman.

    Lennox Selby, 25, from Horbury, was sentenced to ten and a half years at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty on the first day of his trial. 

    The 25-year-old admitted an offence of rape, sexual assault and common assault against a female victim.

    The offending took place earlier this year and Selby was arrested in March after police were contacted.

    Numerous lines of enquiry were conducted by safeguarding officers following Selby’s arrest and charge.

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