SENTENCING of a rapist was put off after he sacked his lawyers.

Imran Khan, of Abingdon Road, Oxford, was due to be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court after he was convicted of a rape in Witney last year.

Judge Anthony King adjourned the hearing after Khan, 36, said he was trying to hire new solicitors.

Judge King also said he had received four letters from the public in support of Khan but they would have no influence over him at all.