Karen Danczuk’s brother jailed for raping her and two other women

The ‘monster’ brother of Karen Danczuk has been jailed for 15 years for raping her and two other women.

The estranged wife of Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk said Michael Burke, 38, had ‘robbed me of my childhood’ and made her suicidal.

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Mrs Danczuk, 33, waived her right to anonymity to speak out against Burke, who was jailed at Manchester Crown Court following a trial.

During the trial, she told the court her brother abused her at home in Middleton, near Rochdale from the age of six or seven.

He first raped her when she was just 11 and the abuse continued until she was in her mid-teens.

Michael Burke arriving at Manchester Crown Court. The serial rapist has been found guilty of sex attacks on three different female victims. Burke struck repeatedly over a twenty year period. Burke denied historic sex attacks on three complainants, two of whom were school-age at the time but he was found guilty of eight rape charges and a serious sexual offence, dating back to the early nineties. He was cleared of nine other sex charges.

Mrs Danczuk told the jury the abuse ruined her schooling, left her incapable of love and intimacy and that she struggles with depression and anxiety.

After the trial, she broke down in tears while appearing on ITV’s Loose Women.

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Burke denied the charges, claiming the three women were involved in a ‘conspiracy’ against him.
He was charged with 15 counts of rape, one attempted rape and one indecent assault against the three women, spanning an 18-year period.

The jury found him guilty of eight counts of rape and another serious sexual offence.