Albanian sex attacker was snared after he had heart surgery

A sex attacker who dragged a woman into a bush before beating and raping her repeatedly eight years ago was caught after he had heart surgery, a court heard Albanian Gurri Sala, 54, grabbed the 27-year-old woman as she left a party near West Ham Lane, Stratford, around 11pm on 28 November 2009. Sala dragged her by her neck and hair into an ‘isolated’ alleyway before forcing her into a bush. When she tried to resist his relentless attack he…