Graveyard serial rapist convicted

The man had denied the charges

A serial rapist who charmed teenagers before attacking them in a London churchyard has been described by an Old Bailey judge as a "danger to young women".

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court his victims willingly had sex with him and made up rape allegations after he lost interest in them.

He said they were attracted to him because he claimed to be rich and wore designer clothes.

But the prosecution told the court that the charm was just a façade.

After engendering their trust, he then beguiled them into accompanying him into some deserted spot

Katie Popert
Prosecution

The 26-year-old, who had denied the charges, was convicted on Thursday of three rapes, one attempted rape and four indecent assaults.

Judge Christopher Moss described him as "a danger to women" and remanded him in custody to be sentenced at a later date.

The attacks were all in or around the Harlesden and Neasden areas of north-west London between January and March this year.

Katie Popert, for the prosecution, told the court that he changed from a man with "a certain roguish street charm" into a bullying rapist.

'Sexual wants'

He would chat to each victim, flatter her and gain their trust and mobile phone number.

"After engendering their trust, he then beguiled them into accompanying him into some deserted spot - in two of the attacks into a deserted churchyard," said Miss Popert.

"He is a man who is deeply manipulative. As his attitude and demeanour changes, he reveals his true intention is gratification of his own sexual wants."

His first victim, a 16-year-old girl who he had met him at the end of last year, thought she was going shopping in Oxford Street with him in January.

Car description

Instead she was taken to a deserted graveyard in Neasden and raped.

A second girl, 17, was raped in the same graveyard just eight days later after he offered her a lift.

The third attack was on another 16-year-old, who thought she was being taken to the cinema, but instead she was indecently assaulted in an underground car park.

The man was arrested after he attacked one of the teenagers for a second time and the victim gave police a description of his car.