Craig France,34,would befriend young women in their late teens and early 20s while prowling Peterborough’s nightclub scene (Picture: Cambridgeshire Police/Channel 4)
A rapist who filmed himself sexually assaulting women after they had fallen asleep or passed out may have more victims,police said,as they encouraged them to come forward.
Craig France,would befriend young women in their late teens and early 20s while prowling Peterborough’s nightclub scene.
After luring them to ‘afterparties’ at his house,he would ply them with even more drink before subjecting them to sex attacks when they were ‘completely out of it’,as one described.
France’s home – and the hot tub which he would entice his victims into – was rigged with hidden cameras to capture his abuse.
His case features on the latest episode of Channel 4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody.
The two-part documentary,titled Nightclub Predator,begins tonight at 9pm and concludes at the same time tomorrow.
It reveals how France shared videos of some of his attacks,as well as photos of the aftermath,in a WhatsApp group with friends and relatives.
Viewers will see harrowing footage of him dragging one woman’s unconscious body from the hot tub,across a concrete patio and into the house.
France filmed himself attacking her as she lay lifeless on a bed and sent images into the group,prompting someone to reply jokingly: ‘It looks like a classic rape scene. She is out of it.’
DCI Helen Tebbit told Metro: ‘It really does highlight that there was nobody in his friendship or family group that was telling him his behaviour was wrong or flagging any issue with it whatsoever.
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