Groom raped stranger just hours before getting married

Predatory Derry McCann, 28, launched his horrific, two-hour assault as his victim was “within sight” of her front door in an east London park on January 13.

He played “mind games” after dragging the woman into the undergrowth – taunting her by asking what she thought he would do next, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.

In a further depraved effort to humiliate his victim, he took photos of her following the attack, warning she was lucky that he did not video the ordeal, police said.

Hours later, he tied the knot with his girlfriend, prosecutors said.

His conviction comes a decade after a teenage McCann was jailed for carrying out a similar prolonged rape.

He was handed a life sentence in 2006 for the violent act, which was also committed in a London park, it is understood

The defendant, of Hackney, east London, fixed his eyes on the ground as he pleaded guilty to three counts of rape, one count of assault by penetration and one count of robbery.

Honorary Recorder Martyn Zeidman told the rapist he had carried out a “terrible” crime and faced a “very, very long time” in prison.

Kate Bex, prosecuting, told the court the defendant was “recently released” from jail, adding: “The oldest conviction on Mr McCann’s record might also be of some relevance.”