Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court sentenced Liam Cowley on December 10, 2025, to 18 years in custody with a five-year extended licence, giving a total extended sentence of 23 years.
- Prosecutors said he armed himself with two kitchen knives, choked and headbutted the victim, and raped her during a night when her children were asleep upstairs.
- He failed to attend an earlier trial and absconded to Norfolk, where he worked at a bar under the alias Tommy Lee King.
- While on the run, he began a relationship with a 19-year-old who described assaults and attempted strangulation, and she sought hospital treatment on December 7, 2024.
- A jury found him guilty of rape, intentional strangulation and threats to kill, he admitted two assaults and a bail breach, and claims of mental health diagnoses that delayed sentencing were not supported.