Reynhard Sinaga Jailed For Life For Drugging and Raping Men In Manchester
Source: The Guardian
Reynhard Sinaga is believed to have lured nearly 200 victims to his flat and attacked them. Reynhard Sinaga: the ‘Peter Pan’ student who raped scores of men. How serial rapist posed as a good samaritan to lure victim.
A man described as “Britain’s most prolific rapist” will never be safe to be released, a court heard on Monday, as he was jailed for a minimum of 30 years for 136 rapes against dozens of young men in Manchester.
Reynhard Sinaga, 36, a mature student from Indonesia, is thought by police to have abused at least 195 men over two and a half years after luring them to his flat under the guise of being a “good samaritan”, drugging his victims and then attacking them after they passed out. All but four of the 48 victims whose cases came to court were raped.
The student was proved to have committed 159 offences, including 136 rapes, which he filmed on two mobile phones. Police have yet to identify at least 70 of his victims. The lifting of a two-year media blackout at the end of Sinaga’s fourth trial on Monday meant that he could be identified for the first time and drew expressions of horror from police and victims, as well as calls for a review of controls on so-called “date rape drugs”...
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/06/reynhard-sinaga-jailed-life-drugging-raping-men-manchester
Judge Suzanne Goddard said it was a “borderline case” so she could only pass a term for a minimum of 30 years, but added: “In my judgment you are a highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual who will never be safe to be released, but that is a matter for the Parole Board.”
The defendant smirked as he entered the dock but appeared expressionless and bored for much of the sentencing. He yawned and played with his hair as harrowing evidence of the impact on his victims was read to a packed courtroom.
Goddard addressed Sinaga and said he had shown “not one jot of remorse.” She told him: “Again, you seem to be actively enjoying the court process even as you stand there waiting to be sentenced.” She added: “You are an evil serial sexual offender who preyed on young men who came into the city centre wanting nothing more than a good night with their friends.
“One of the victims in their victim personal statement described you as a monster. The scale and enormity of your offending establishes that is an accurate description."
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He documented his crimes and jurors were forced to watch hours of it to assess if his victims were consenting or asleep/drugged.
