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2006-07-17 19:01:01 UTC
DNA traps rapist with shoe fetish
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/5187634.stm
James Lloyd was traced through DNA from his sister
A father-of-two has admitted being the so-called Dearne Valley Shoe
Rapist who attacked a string of women in the 1980s and stole his
victims' stilleto shoes.
Printing firm manager James Lloyd, 49, admitted raping four women and
trying to rape two others, when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court.
He terrorised women in Rotherham and Barnsley, dragging them off the
street and tying them up with pairs of tights.
Lloyd, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, was tracked down through his sister's
DNA.
He is due to be sentenced later this year.
Several of his victims were in court to hear him admit the charges.
Lloyd was traced when DNA from his sister, taken when she was arrested
on an unrelated matter, was matched to samples taken at the time of the
offences.
His conviction was hailed on Monday as the biggest victory yet in a
"cold case" using this type of DNA evidence.
Speaking after Monday's hearing, Det Insp Angie Wright said Lloyd had an
obsession with shoes and would take them as trophies from his victims.
She said officers searched the premises of the printing firm he ran in
Wath-upon-Dearne and found more than 100 pairs of shoes. Some were new
and others had been used.
"This offender tied his victims up with stockings and tights and we
recovered hundreds of stockings and tights at his work premises."
Asked about the significant amount of shoes recovered, she said: "There
may be other victims who haven't come forward.
"Some of the shoes have been identified by victims as being shoes stolen
at the time of attacks.
"He had a fixation with shoes. That is why he was labelled the Dearne
Valley Shoe Rapist."
Ms Wright said Lloyd was caught after South Yorkshire Police decided to
reopen the case five years ago.
DNA from samples at the time were compared with samples on the police
database.
More than 40 close matches were eventually obtained and the third house
police knocked on turned out to be that of Lloyd's sister, whose sample
had been taken when she was arrested for drink-driving.
The officer said that when Lloyd heard the police were looking for him,
he told a relative: "Look after my children. I have committed a series
of offences 20 years ago."
He then tried to hang himself.
Ms Wright said Lloyd was a middle-class man, in a senior management
position, and was regarded as a "pillar of the community".
Asked about the victims, she said they were "absolutely over the moon"
that Lloyd had been caught and convicted.
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No surprise then that the police refuse to have their DNA held on
record.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/5187634.stm
James Lloyd was traced through DNA from his sister
A father-of-two has admitted being the so-called Dearne Valley Shoe
Rapist who attacked a string of women in the 1980s and stole his
victims' stilleto shoes.
Printing firm manager James Lloyd, 49, admitted raping four women and
trying to rape two others, when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court.
He terrorised women in Rotherham and Barnsley, dragging them off the
street and tying them up with pairs of tights.
Lloyd, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, was tracked down through his sister's
DNA.
He is due to be sentenced later this year.
Several of his victims were in court to hear him admit the charges.
Lloyd was traced when DNA from his sister, taken when she was arrested
on an unrelated matter, was matched to samples taken at the time of the
offences.
His conviction was hailed on Monday as the biggest victory yet in a
"cold case" using this type of DNA evidence.
Speaking after Monday's hearing, Det Insp Angie Wright said Lloyd had an
obsession with shoes and would take them as trophies from his victims.
She said officers searched the premises of the printing firm he ran in
Wath-upon-Dearne and found more than 100 pairs of shoes. Some were new
and others had been used.
"This offender tied his victims up with stockings and tights and we
recovered hundreds of stockings and tights at his work premises."
Asked about the significant amount of shoes recovered, she said: "There
may be other victims who haven't come forward.
"Some of the shoes have been identified by victims as being shoes stolen
at the time of attacks.
"He had a fixation with shoes. That is why he was labelled the Dearne
Valley Shoe Rapist."
Ms Wright said Lloyd was caught after South Yorkshire Police decided to
reopen the case five years ago.
DNA from samples at the time were compared with samples on the police
database.
More than 40 close matches were eventually obtained and the third house
police knocked on turned out to be that of Lloyd's sister, whose sample
had been taken when she was arrested for drink-driving.
The officer said that when Lloyd heard the police were looking for him,
he told a relative: "Look after my children. I have committed a series
of offences 20 years ago."
He then tried to hang himself.
Ms Wright said Lloyd was a middle-class man, in a senior management
position, and was regarded as a "pillar of the community".
Asked about the victims, she said they were "absolutely over the moon"
that Lloyd had been caught and convicted.
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No surprise then that the police refuse to have their DNA held on
record.
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