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New 'victims' of convicted rapist actor Alexander Westwood demand justice after 'sexual predator' jailed

More 'victims' of convicted rapist actor Alexander Westwood are demanding justice after he escaped punishment for their suffering.

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Alexander Westwood, 24, was jailed for 15-and-a-half years on Tuesday (West Midlands Police/PA)

The packed public gallery which broke out in spontaneous applause when Westwood, 24, was sentenced to 15 and a half years at Wolverhampton Crown Court included teenagers who are still waiting for justice.

The four week trial last Autumn centred round five victims of Westwood, four who were children when he sexually assaulted or raped them, and they bravely told the court of their suffering before he was sentenced.

However, watching without an outlet for their trauma were at least two teenage 'victims' who claim the "serious sexual predator" raped them, one having to abort a pregnancy of a baby which would have been born this week.

A family friend of a Westwood rape victim, who held one of the new alleged victim's hand as Judge Neil Chawla KC detailed Westwood's crimes before sentencing, told the Express & Star: "It is heart breaking. One of these new victims was not involved in the case because she was told her paper work had been lost.

Actor Alexander Westwood
Alexander Westwood, 24, was jailed for 15-and-a-half years on Tuesday (West Midlands Police/PA)