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Good evening. for the news where you are.

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A violent paedophile who made a "hidey hole" in his home

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to conceal a girl he was abusing has been jailed for 27 years for

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Michael Dunn, who's 57 and from Redcar,

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knocked through the wall behind his fridge

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to create a cavity which he used to hide the girl from the police.

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Teesside Crown Court heard how Dunn preyed on four victims,

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raping one aged just ten or 11, over decades.

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The judge described Michael Dunn as a devious, manipulative

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and controlling man with a strong urge to dominate.

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and was violent to two women for several decades.

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Today, he was jailed for 27 years for those crimes

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and the rape and sexual assault of two other children.

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I think that he deserved more than what he got.

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I think the judge was very lenient, they've been very kind to him,

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considering he's got away with what he was doing

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They will serve the rest of their lives with it.

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One of the victims was just 14 when Dunn began to groom her

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at his home in Manchester in the early 1990s.

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He offered her an escape from a sexually abusive home life,

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but then he too began to rape and control her.

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When the police came looking for her, she'd hide in this hole

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created by Dunn at his house, covered by plasterboard

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and guarded by his two German shepherd dogs.

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The court heard she moved with Dunn and the other woman

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eventually settling in a house in Redcar,

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where he'd lock them in the bedrooms

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and monitor them with CCTV cameras.

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The abuse lasted until 2015, when Dunn's crimes were reported.

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I would applaud the victims and witnesses

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due to the strength and courage that they've displayed.

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And equally I would just like to add that, eventually,

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and more importantly they were all believed as well.

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At his trial in January, Dunn, who's now 58, was also found guilty

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of the rape of a ten or 11-year-old girl in the late '70s in Manchester

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and the sexual abuse of another 14-year-old girl in 1993.

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That sexual abuse was reported to Greater Manchester Police,

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but they failed to take any further action,

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and they're now being investigated

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by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

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Passing sentence, the judge said that Dunn posed

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380 jobs are under threat in County Durham,

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following the announcement that the Walkers crisp factory

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in Peterlee has been earmarked for closure.

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The plant's likely to shut before the end of the year.

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Our business correspondent Ian Reeve reports.

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It's one of the most popular of our brands,

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helped in part by adverts starring former footballer Gary Lineker.

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But today, the maker of Walkers crisps had some unpopular news.

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The Peterlee factory is slated for closure - 380 jobs could go.

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We can make crisps now in three factories rather than four.

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So that takes us to look at, around the UK,

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which factory do we need to kind of...can we close?

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And if you look at where we deliver our products,

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then 80% of everything we make out of Peterlee is shipped south.

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And the boss won't be immune - after five and a half years here,

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her future is just as unclear as those of her workers.

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Nobody wants to hear this news, but they took it really well.

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They, I think, understand it, but it is still very shocking.

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So the way people took the news, I couldn't have asked for better.

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And I'm not surprised because they're a fabulous group of people.

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is that an employment staging post in the town will be lost.

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It was a stepping stone for a lot of people in education,

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from college and school who are leaving, school leavers.

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And it was a step in the door into employment.

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And if this goes, it's going to be high unemployment.

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The Peterlee factory has been here since 1960

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and once made a famous North Eastern brand.

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Can I take a few bags of Tudor out my wages?

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Nothing but the best for you, right, lad?

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That's long gone, and now the factory could be

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Two Teesside men have been jailed for four months

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and banned from keeping animals for life, for what a magistrate

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described as "a barbaric act which caused untold suffering".

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59-year-old Michael Heathcock and Richard Finch, who's 60,

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buried a dog alive after hammering a nail through its head.

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The men said they killed the animal because it was ill

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and they couldn't afford to have it put down by a vet.

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You may find some of the images in Stuart Whincup's report upsetting.

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They've received threats, had their properties damaged,

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They arrived two hours before their sentencing was due

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to avoid confrontations and before the crowd of protestors gathered.

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I just can't believe it, and I've had nightmares about it,

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to be honest, because you've got to actually hold that dog

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and drive that nail through, six times through that dog's skull.

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And to an animal that you love and you've had as part

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I just don't know what sort of mentality these people have

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There's something seriously wrong with these two.

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That little dog must have suffered hell.

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Michael Heathcock, here on the left, said his dog was ill

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and he couldn't afford to have him put down by a vet.

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So he and Richard Finch hammered a nail through his head

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The vet who tried to save the terrier described it

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as the worst case of animal cruelty he'd ever seen.

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It is very emotive about a horrific act that's happened to an animal

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and then subsequently hasn't died as a result of its injuries

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and has been buried alive. As I say, it's terrible.

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The dog was found in the woods by two walkers who heard grunting

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and snoring and were distressed by what they discovered.

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As both men were jailed for four months,

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there were cheers and shouts of "Justice" inside the court room,

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No, it was a harrowing thing to sit through, that.

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It really was, at least it is some form of justice.

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The chairman of the bench, Frances Linsley, said this

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was a barbaric act which had caused untold suffering to the dog, Scamp.

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Now, in the past he's run from Land's End to John O'Groats.

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And he's also run all the way to the capital

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from his home in Cumbria to take part in the London Marathon.

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Now Gary McKee is going further, much further,

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in his efforts to raise money for charity.

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I'm running 100 marathons in 100 days for Macmillan Cancer Support.

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My dad was diagnosed with cancer in 1997,

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And he would have been 80 years old this year,

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so 80 and 20, 100, so I decided to run 100 marathons.

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In 100 days, Gary McKee will run more than 2620 miles.

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It's like running to North Africa and back from his Cleator Moor home,

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When I am running, if I haven't got anybody with me,

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I think about what I'm doing, who I'm doing it for,

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it's people who's been affected by cancer.

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So although I was touched by my dad's story,

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it's extended into everybody, because cancer does affect us all.

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In his years of fundraising, Gary has raised more than ?150,000 -

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priceless support for many Cumbrian families.

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We give grants to people who are in financial difficulties

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as a result of their cancer - the average grant is ?350.

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So if you think back, with the money we use for grants,

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how many local people has Gary helped over the years?

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It is just phenomenal, he is number one for me every time.

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Gary's final run will be the London Marathon in April.

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when I get out of bed, my knees are a little bit stiff,

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but after five minutes I'm fine and ready to go again.

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Despite the gruelling nature of this challenge,

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Gary hasn't ruled out further adventures in the future.

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Mark McAlindon, BBC News, Cleator Moor.

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Well, a beautiful day of sunshine for many of us,

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and I noticed the gritters were out tonight.

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Let's get the forecast for overnight and tomorrow now with Jen Bartram.

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Many parts will have a dry night to come tonight,

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and as we head into Thursday, we should see some fairly

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sunny spells after quite a chilly start to the day.

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Now, this is the picture through the night tonight,

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we do have some rain pushing into southern part of Cumbria

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and North Yorkshire, but through the night that's

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gradually going to ebb away southwards, and I think many parts

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And with those clear skies we will see a widespread frost,

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the temperatures dropping down to around freezing or just above.

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we are looking at a largely dry, frosty start.

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We should see some good spells of sunshine through the day,

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the best of the sunshine to be found in western parts.

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I think, for Cumbria, we may just start to see some showers

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but generally it's a dry, bright, breezy day tomorrow,

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with temperatures up to around eight Celsius, that's 46 in Fahrenheit,

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Then, as we head on into Friday, again, it's a cold, frosty start,

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there will be some showers across the northern part

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of Northumberland to start the day, and some further rain

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pushing in from the south later on in the afternoon,

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some uncertainty at the moment as to how far north this range

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is going to get on Friday, but for most parts it looks

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like a day which will start off dry and bright and then turn

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a little bit damper later on in the afternoon.

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Temperatures on Friday around 7-9 Celsius.

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Then, as we head towards the weekend, there's going to be

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some wet weather in the forecast for Saturday,

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turning a little bit drier for Sunday.

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Here is the outlook for tomorrow, then,

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and with the national forecast I'll hand you to John Hammond.

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outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What does that mean? Maybe John Hammond

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will tell you. We're in for a bumpy ride. The

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weather chopping and changing keeping us on our toes. Rain never

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too far away from our crystal ball. There has been rain around today

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across southern areas. This band of wet weather pushing through Wales

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and the Midlands. A

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