Kenny Cox

A rapist who attacked two women he met through dating apps has been jailed — after his victims endured years of trauma and two trials to see him convicted.

Kenny Cox, 46, of Salford, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on 23 October 2026 to 14 years in prison, with a further four years on licence.

A jury convicted him of two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape following a retrial. Jurors took less than two hours to reach their verdicts.

The first woman met Cox through a dating app before meeting him in person on 7 November 2021.

They went to a property in Salford, where they drank alcohol. She described becoming hazy, feeling paralysed and being unable to move.

Cox raped her while she was in that helpless state.

Once she could move again, she left in a taxi and subsequently reported the attack to police.

Officers arrested Cox on 14 November 2021. He was released on bail with stringent conditions prohibiting contact with her.

Nearly three years later, on 4 September 2024, Cox raped a second woman he had met through a dating app.

She had also gone with him to a property in Salford. After escaping the property, she disclosed what had happened to a relative, who called police.

Cox was arrested on 8 September, charged and remanded in custody.

His first trial, in March 2025, ended without the jury reaching a verdict. A retrial began in August 2026 and resulted in his convictions.

For the women he attacked, the damage continued long after they left those properties.

In her victim impact statement, the first woman described almost five years of daily consequences, compounded by a lengthy and stressful court process.

She said the guilty verdict brought relief that she had been believed and Cox held accountable. But it could not erase the emotional and physical effects of his crimes.

She now hopes to begin healing and rebuild the confidence and trust his attack took from her.

The second woman described fighting to stop the rape from destroying her life, while acknowledging how profoundly it had changed her.

She hopes counselling and support will help her regain her independence, go outside alone and feel safe around other people.

“Most of all, I want my life to be mine again.”

Alongside his prison sentence, Cox received an indefinite restraining order protecting both victims and an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.