Watch shocking moment evil rapist John Harvey is caught hiding in toilet

Private John Harvey (25) targeted a woman, who was not known to him, before dragging her away from a street in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

In the ‘horrific’ 20-min attack, he raped the victim, who cannot be named or identified, twice in the historic Mardol area of the market town on July 6 last year.

A shocking clip, released by West Mercia Police after Harvey shows officers ordering the disgraced soldier to open a cubicle door after committing a sexual assault.

He was then arrested by officers, who forced open the door, at the Shrewsbury railway station - but not before brazenly asking if he could go to the bathroom first.

During a nine-day trial, where he was sentenced to nine years behind bars, it was heard Harvey, who missed his last train, went back towards the woman after the assaults.

However, the court was told he was “put off” as she was on the phone to police, so he went to the station, where he hid in a cubicle toilet.

Of the 999 call from the “vulnerable” woman, Judge Richard McConaghy said: “She walked away and rang 999, audio of that call in the state that she was in is harrowing to listen to.”

He initially confessed to the assaults, but later pleaded not guilty forcing the victim to “relive the worst moment” of her life.

Harvey was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of assault by penetration in February. The 25-year-old appeared relaxed in a video-link from HMP Hewell at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Thursday, as the judge said the offence was aggravated by the fact he was drunk and the 'vulnerable' woman was walking alone at night.

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Harvey, who was also ordered to serve an extended three-year period on licence after his eventual release, was described by the judge to be an “educated man with a degree” and to have had a 'respectable career' at the time of the attack.

In a victim impact statement to the court read by counsel, the woman said her 20-minute ordeal had left her with post-traumatic disorder.

The woman said: “My home has become the only place I feel calm. The offender has convinced me terrible people who can do terrible things are everywhere.

“I was forced to endure rape. The offender also forced me to fight my corner in a trial. I was forced by him to relive the worst moment of my life repeatedly.

“This event from the beginning to the end is the worst and hardest thing I have ever had to endure.”