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Notorious sex pest ‘beast’ with staggering 422 convictions attacked terrified woman in flat

Wife-beater and sex pest who has 422 convictions ‘locked terrified woman in his flat and attacked her’

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Notorious wife-beating “beast” and sex pest Peter Lyttle locked a woman in his flat just after Christmas, we can reveal.

Cops battered their way into the top-floor apartment in Ballymena after the woman was luckily able to raise the alarm when her daughter heard her screams down the phone.

She took to social media, branding 53-year-old Lyttle a “beast”, adding “no woman is safe as long as he walks free”.

The attack at his home in Nursery Close came after members of the community begged housing chiefs to move him as he was making their lives a misery and they were “petrified”.

Lyttle has a staggering 422 criminal convictions including 41 assaults on police, 27 common assaults, 12 threats to kill and numerous sex offences which put him on the sex offenders register.

The latest incident took place on December 29 and comes just four years after he was jailed for a chillingly similar attack on his ex-wife and daughter.

He was sentenced to five months after forcing his way into a property and assaulting his ex-wife and daughter, who were forced to barricade themselves into a bedroom to avoid further attacks.

The brave woman who was subjected to the frightening attack this time posted about her ordeal on TikTok.

She uploaded a video including a newspaper report about Lyttle and wrote underneath: “This is the beast I was talking about!!! Please girls be so safe out there, always let people know where you are!!

“I had no idea of this mans past! Although I’ve known him 10 years I never thought he was capable of such an evil act!! I am lucky to be here today! Thank god my daughter rang and I was able to answer, she heard my screams and called the police!

“This man should never be allowed in public again! He’s an animal! No woman is safe as long as he walks free!!”

She also posted a video of herself with a black eye, explaining what had happened on the night and said Lyttle “beat her and threw her about”.

The woman explained that he had been a “friend” and she wasn’t aware of his criminal past. Despite his litany of convictions making him one of Ulster’s most prolific offenders, little has been written about him.

“I never thought I’d be in this situation again,” she says. “A friend I’ve known for nearly 10 years, he’s a big man like, I’ve heard so much about him now.

“I called over to his house just as friends; the other night he asked me to go over and I went over.

“He locked me in his flat, I mean he… I am so sore, I am so scared and I never thought I’d let a man do that to me again. And it was somebody I’m not even in a relationship with. I’m crippled, I’m absolutely crippled.”

Another victim of Lyttle posted her support and revealed she had to get out of a situation because of him.

She wrote: “I got so much hassle from Peter he stalked me wudnt leave me alone!! Wudnt leave Chinese I was working in … he use to wait outside for me !! Xx”

Last night, the PSNI said it was investigating the incident.

“A man, aged in his 50s, was arrested by officers on suspicion of a number of offences,” the force said.

“Following questioning, he was later released on police bail to allow for further enquiries. The investigation continues.”

Last year, Lyttle was back at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court where he admitted yet another attack on police.

He was charged with assault and attempting to damage a PSNI car and when asked in court if he understood the charges, he told District Judge Oonagh Mullan: “Yes and I apologise, Your Honour.”

Lyttle’s lawyer confirmed that his “contrite” client was admitting the offences. The judge remarked that at 50 pages, she has “never seen a criminal record like it”.

The court heard that having gone to visit his brother who served a jail sentence for battering their mother to death, Lyttle took the wrong bus home and ended up drunk in Waterfoot, Co Antrim.

A police officer outlined how they were called to the coastal village over reports of a drunk and aggressive male who was “spitting at people” and businesses.

When officers arrested Lyttle, he lashed out and spat at them to such an extent that two pairs of handcuffs were used to restrain him.