Sources Name London Serial Rape Suspect

The man arrested by detectives hunting one of Britain's most wanted serial rapists has been named by Sky sources.

Sky News understands he is Delroy Grant, from Brockley, south-east London.

Police have been investigating more than 100 attacks on the elderly in London dating back to the 1990s.

Victims of the man dubbed the "nightstalker" were men and women aged between 68 and 93.

A spokesman for the Met Police said a 52-year-old man was in custody at a police station in the capital.

He was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning following a pre-planned operation, the spokesman added.

Sky News understands the man was approached by police as he returned to a car in London's south-east.

Sources have also told Sky the suspect in custody had been questioned before "many years ago" over the attacks and eliminated from the investigation.


Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said detectives have described the arrest as "significant".

"They are very confident that they are going to charge this suspect," he said.

"It's been a very complicated investigation and an unusual one. Police have always felt this series of attacks was the work of one man.

"We're talking over 100 burglaries and perhaps as many as a couple of dozen sex assaults of the people who've been burgled.

"The arrest came after a recent and prolific wave of more attacks - attacks that haven't been publicised by Scotland Yard, simply because they realised they were getting good information on their suspect.

"In the words of one detective, this man - the nightstalker - was getting 'blasé'.

"On one recent night he was responsible for, they think, as many as five attacks."

Brunt added that the man police have been hunting has been so prolific recently, he may end up being charged with nearer to 200 attacks than 100.

Also, detectives with Operation Minstead have long been convinced the man they were looking for was a black man.

Police had even travelled to the Caribbean because DNA tests suggested the attacker's origins were from the Windward Islands.

Earlier this month, police revealed more than 2,000 DNA samples had been collected from suspects as part of the 12-year inquiry at a cost of more than £100,000.




Source: Sky News
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lets hope they make it stick he a very sick person