A sex beast who stalked lone women walking alone late at night – pouncing on them from behind after they got off night buses – has been locked-up for a four-and-a-half year minimum.
Portugal-born Nelson Dos Santos, 26, (pictured) prowled Lambeth, South London – home to many Portuguese immigrants.
He received an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection at Southwark Crown Court for the string of offences during which he violently pushed his victims to the ground and digitally penetrate them.
Dos Santos pleaded guilty to sexual assaulting a 27 year-old in Richborne Terrace on November 8, 2008; a 23 year-old in Guildford Road on November 27, 2009; a 41 year-old in Cleaver Street on December 2; a 27 year-old in Vauxhall Grove and a 35 year-old in Hotspur Street on December 5.
The first attack was at 8:00pm and the next four all between 11:50pm and 4:00am.
Women were pushed to the ground or forced against a wall by Dos Santos during the attacks and the last two victims were assaulted within twenty minutes of each other, forcing police to step-up late-night patrols in the area.
He was eventually identified via forensic evidence.
Detective Inspector Keely Smith of the Metropolitan Police’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command said: “This man ruthlessly attacked lone females late at night, using the same MO and increasing the frequency and violence of his attacks.
“It was imperative that we got him off the streets and prevented him from continuing to attack - his actions have mentally scarred his victims and he is a sexual predator whom, I have no doubt, would have gone on to rape and seriously injure his victims.”
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