Rapist who threatened to stab victim is on the run after being released by mistake

Bernadin Dedic was mistakenly set free from HMP Wormwood Scrubs after a court official wrongly told the prison that he had been granted bail (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A rapist who held his victim at knifepoint and threatened to kill her is on the run from justice after being accidentally released from prison.

Bernadin Dedic, 48, had been drinking red wine and was high on cocaine when he pulled out a knife and warned the woman she ‘wouldn’t be heard’ if she screamed.

He cut off her clothes before subjecting her to a series of rapes and sexual assaults in an ordeal which lasted for several hours.

Dedic, a businessman living in Ealing, west London, was remanded in custody last year after being charged with four charges of rape, two counts of sexual...