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Paul Sharpe Gets Life Sentence for Knifepoint Abduction

9/4/2026

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Paul Sharpe received a life sentence with an eight-year minimum for kidnapping and assault.
He abducted a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint on Bradgate Road, Altrincham, on May 18.
Police used the victim’s iPad location, CCTV and ANPR to locate Sharpe’s Ford Focus.
Officers arrested him in a hotel car park near Cottons Hotel, Knutsford, at 3:40 am on May 19.

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Paul Sharpe received a life sentence with an eight-year minimum for kidnapping and assault.
He abducted a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint on Bradgate Road, Altrincham, on May 18.
Police used the victim’s iPad location, CCTV and ANPR to locate Sharpe’s Ford Focus.
Officers arrested him in a hotel car park near Cottons Hotel, Knutsford, at 3:40 am on May 19.