'Dangerous' 16-year-old boy launched horrifying sex attack on 79-year-old pensioner in her own home

A 16-year-old boy launched a terrifying sex attack on a 79-year-old pensioner in her own home.

Reece Wigglesworth barged into the pensioner's home demanding money before carrying out the attack.

He has previously received a caution when he was 11 years old for sexually assaulting a child.

As the pensioner screamed, he hit her across the head and shouted "shut the f*** up".

After an appeal through local media, the defendant was arrested three days after the offence.

The terrifying attack came seven months after Wigglesworth robbed a disabled woman of her car at knifepoint along with an accomplice outside her home in Nottingham.

He has now been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison.

Judge Glenn described the 16-year-old as a "danger when at large in the community.

"Your offending is escalating in terms of gravity and frequency.

"On two separate occasions you have digitally penetrated vulnerable females.

"You carry knives. You abuse alcohol and drugs. The circumstances of the present offences alone indicate you are out of control".

Prosecutor Neil Ahuja said the first offence involved the defendant and another committing a car-jacking at 12.50am on February 18.

Mr Ahuja said: "The second man produced a knife and the defendant took 50 pence from her purse.

"She felt petrified by the knife. They demanded her car keys and she handed them over. She felt the knife catch her hand".