Special needs support worker raped girl in playroom

A special needs support worker who raped a teenage girl in a playroom has been jailed for 13 years. Matthew Fennell, 24, was supervising the playground at the centre in Islington on 31 August 2017 when he took the teenager to a sensory play room. He slapped and raped then went back to the playground, leaving his victim crying in the foetal position on the floor. The attack was only discovered after a staff member overheard the victim talking about…