Thursday 5 December 2013

Man Found Guilty Of 18 Offences, Including 5 Rapes In One Night

A man has been found guilty of 18 offences, including five
rapes, after attacking six women in one night, UK.
Harbinder Khatkar was convicted of one rape of which he
had previously been cleared
Harbinder Khatkar, from Sinfin, in Derby, was found guilty of
a string of attacks in the Pear Tree and Normanton areas of
the city between midnight on February 1 and 9:00 the next
day.
The 37-year-old was also convicted of the rape of a woman in
2011 for which he had previously been acquitted.
Derbyshire police said they were some of the "worst crimes
imaginable".
Khatkar, whose charges included rape, robbery, causing
actual bodily harm, assault, sexual assault and trespass
with the intent to commit a sexual offence, is expected to
be sentenced at Derby Crown Court on Friday.
One victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the
hearing her life had been "completely devastated" by what
Khatkar had done to her in her own home.
Det Insp Douglas Naden said: "This has been one of the
largest and most complex investigations undertaken by my
team of detectives – and in terms of serial offending has been
one of the worst cases they have ever dealt with.
The court has heard evidence of some of the worst crimes
imaginable which have had a devastating impact on the
victims and their families."
Khatkar had previously been acquitted of raping a woman in
2011 but Derbyshire police successfully overturned the verdict
at the Court of Appeal so he could be tried again.
It is the first retrial in Derbyshire under the amended double
jeopardy law.

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