Bus driver raped girl, 11, while evading police over brutal murder (Metro)

A man has been convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl while he was evading police over the brutal murder of a widow at Bury bus station.

Ian O’Callaghan was wearing his bus driver uniform when he attacked the child in 2001 and told her: ‘Let’s see if you can keep this secret.’

The terrified youngster did not report the crime for 15 years or tell her parents as she ‘genuinely believed’ O’Callaghan would kill her.

During this 15-year period she faced her attacker when catching a bus with her family and noticed his profile on the website Friends Reunited. Read more