Pensioner raped and told she would be chopped up with machete

A 72-year-old woman was repeatedly raped and told she would be ‘chopped up’ with a machete, a court heard. Richard Jack, 61, attacked the woman over a five year period in her south London home, Southwark Crown Court heard. Richard Hearnden, prosecuting, said: ‘This involves a 72 year-old woman who was raped and subject to psychological abuse. Jack had access to her home and the abuse began in 2010, it is claimed. ‘She would be asleep in bed,’ Mr Hearnden…