Man who raped two women within an hour jailed

Haider Ali denied the charges but was found guilty

A rapist who attacked two women within an hour of each other has been jailed.

Haider Ali targeted his victims in separate late night attacks in Stockton last September.

He denied the charges, claiming the sex was consensual, but was convicted following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.

The 31-year-old, of Ayresome Road, Middlesbrough, was jailed for 10 years.

The court was told Ali raped the first woman at the side of a derelict building near Yarm Road at around midnight on of 7 September.

He was captured on CCTV running away.

An hour later he attacked a second woman in the same place after she had been walking along Spring Street.

In a victim statement read out in court one of the women said: "I was in so much pain after the attack, I feel horrible inside.

''I had the daily struggle leading up to the trial thinking he would get away with it."

Cleveland Police praised the ''courage and determination'' of the victims for coming forward and helping bring Ali to justice.