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Britain jails Indonesian who became UK's 'most prolific rapist'

By Andrew MacAskill

 

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Reynhard Sinaga, 36, is seen in this undated handout photo released on January 6, 2020. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)/via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A student from Indonesia was identified as Britain's most prolific rapist on Monday after being convicted of more than 150 offences, including 136 rapes.

 

In four separate trials, Reynhard Sinaga, 36, was found guilty of assaulting 48 men whom he drugged after taking them back to his apartment from outside bars and clubs in the city of Manchester.

 

Many of the victims were lured by the offer of a place to sleep or more drink, and Sinaga filmed the assaults on his mobile phone, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

 

At a court in Manchester, a judge ruled that Sinaga must serve at least 30 years in prison for 159 offences committed between between January 2015 and May 2017, and lifted reporting restrictions.

 

Ian Rushton, a government prosecutor, described Sinaga as the "most prolific rapist in British legal history".

 

Sinaga, who has lived in the United Kingdom since 2007, targeted young men who looked drunk or vulnerable and rendered them unconscious with a sedative, probably the party drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid that is known as GHB, the court was told.

 

The victims were mainly heterosexual and had little or no memory of the attacks. But Sinaga was arrested after one of his victims woke up during an attack, fought him off and went to the police with one of his phones.

 

Police discovered graphic material – equivalent to 250 DVDs or 300,000 photos – depicting sexual assaults on Sinaga's digital devices. Sinaga had said his victims were acting out sexual fantasies.

 

The court was told Sinaga kept men’s belongings as trophies and looked them up on Facebook.

 

The rape investigation is the largest in British legal history. It is the first time prosecutors have split charges across four separate trials.

 

Police said there could be many more victims and are appealing for others who may have been targeted to come forward.

 

(Editing by Kate Holton and Timothy Heritage)

 

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21 minutes ago, wombat said:

and thats only the ones that reported being raped

Most of them didn’t. After the police got hold of his phone they tracked down those he had filmed being raped.
 

Only a very few of his victims reported the rapes, many were apparently unaware or unwilling to admit, they had been raped. 
 

Reynhard Sinaga: 'Evil sexual predator' jailed for life for 136 rapes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50987823

 

Manchester rapes: How Reynhard Sinaga found his victims https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50688975

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1 hour ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

New nick name will be Girlie!  Have fun in jail you jerk.

Geezer

He more than likely will ,going to a British prison ,lots of free time to watch tv ,3 meals a day games and sports ,the warders have to call you MR and plenty of picking up the soap in the shower for him .

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People being raped, males females and theys isn't surprising. But that he got away with this with so many victims for such a long time, simply amazing. 

 

Probably about the stigma for the victims. But still … 

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