Steven Donaghey, 23, who pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, followed a young woman through the streets of Newcastle before dragging her to the ground and attacking her,
With the election less than a week away, ChronicleLive ventured to the County Durham constituency of North Durham to gauge what is engaging and disengaging the voters
The Washington and Gateshead South seat goes across the Sunderland-Gateshead border, and includes the Birtley and Lamesley areas of Gateshead as well as Washington
The County Durham seat of Easington contains Peterlee, Easington and Seaham as well as Thornley and Wingate, and has traditionally been a Labour stronghold
The Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituency in County Durham - which contains Newton Aycliffe, Spennymoor, Sedgefield and Trimdon - is re-drawn from Tony Blair's former seat
The newly-created Cramlington and Killingworth seat contains areas of Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle and includes Cramlington, Killingworth, Seaton Delaval and Camperdown
Debbie Duncan, 55, spoke after spending two and a half hours speaking to officers inside the Guardia Civil police station in Tenerife's Las Americas district on Tuesday afternoon