Bradley Tout, 20, vaulted dock and fled Worcester crown court after being convicted last week

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A rapist who fled from a court building moments after being found guilty of attacking a teenage girl has handed himself in to police after five days on the run.

Bradley Tout vaulted the dock and ran out of Worcester crown court on 3 October after being unanimously convicted alongside a co-defendant.

West Mercia police said the 20-year-old handed himself in on Monday and remains in custody.

Tout, from Ronkswood, Worcester, was tried and convicted for a single count of rape. He was sentenced in his absence to seven and a half years in prison.

Police said Tout formed a relationship with the victim and began to control the relationship, subjecting her to sexual exploitation with two of his friends.

The offences were committed against a vulnerable child while Tout was 18 at the time, the force added.