Manhunt: Serial rapist who kidnapped schoolgirl in Leeds is on run for second time

A child rapist jailed for life for kidnapping a schoolgirl at a bus stop in Leeds has gone on the run for the second time - after being allowed to stay in a bail hostel.

Sean Perry, 46, had been released on licence despite having previously escaped from an open prison.

He was jailed for life in December 2002 after he admitted kidnapping a 14-year-old schoolgirl from a bus stop in Kippax.

Perry grabbed the victim by her hair, dragged her to a dark alleyway and put his hand over her face.

He only halted the attack and ran off when a boy playing in a nearby garden alerted his grandfather, who shouted at him to stop.

When he was jailed - under his other surname Cawthray - Judge James Spencer said that he was a threat to women.

Perry had previously been jailed for four years at Leeds Crown Court in 1990 for raping a 15-year-old girl and a second charge of attempted rape.

He was released early from prison and within months he had raped a 20-year-old woman while he was studying art at De Montford University in Leicester.