Dorchester man pleads guilty to school field rape
A man has admitted raping a 15-year-old girl on a school playing field.
Adrian Cordery, 32, forced the teenager to the ground at St Osmund's Middle School in Dorchester, Dorset, at about 21:20 GMT on 5 December. Cordery, of Dorchester, was remanded in custody by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court ahead of sentencing on 6 July. He entered no pleas to further charges including threatening the girl with a knife, assault by penetration, sexual assault and causing actual bodily harm. In a statement, Dorset Police said a DNA sample provided by Cordery matched one obtained during a medical examination of the victim. He was also caught on CCTV footage in the area appearing to be following the victim on the night of the attack, police said. Det Insp Wayne Seymour called it a "terrifying sexual assault on a young teenage girl". He added: "I would like to praise the victim for her bravery throughout the investigation to help bring Cordery before the courts. "I hope the guilty plea today will help provide a sense of closure for the victim after she endured such a horrific incident." Cordery, who appeared via video-link from prison, was also accused of possessing cannabis at the time of his arrest on 11 February. The prosecution told the court that the other charges relating to the attack could be reflected within the sentencing for rape, and that it would not be in the public interest to proceed with the cannabis charge.