A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her. Brave Susan Copestick, 56, who has waived her right to anonymity, was sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Peter Drummond, 62, at her mother’s home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in November 2014. After trapping her inside the house, Peter threatened Susan with a knife and subjected her to a degrading sexual ordeal.
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STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
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Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .