Jonathan Kabala of Chadwick Street, Bolton was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court to 6 years and 9 months in jail after being found guilty of Kidnapping with Intent to Commit a Sexual Offence, Threatening Someone with a Bladed Article and also Possession of a Bladed Article.
The court heard how just before 7am on Friday 2 October 2020, the victim – a woman in her 20s – had been walking to work along Silverwell Street, Bolton when Kabala, who had been prowling the streets of Bolton that morning on the hunt for a victim, began to follow directly behind her.