Jail for sex attacker who threatened to kill his victim

A sex attacker who repeatedly raped a woman and threatened to kill her in Epping Forest has been jailed for more than 18 years. Michael Maughan, 27, made his victim suffer repeated bouts of violence including punching her and beating her with a chair. Maughan abused the woman, in her 20s, at hotels in Chiswick and Hammersmith, threatened to murder her and put her through repeated sex ordeals. She feared Maughan would carry out his dire threats if she did…