'Worst ever' serial rapist 'treated
himself' to sex attacks every birthday raping 90 women and girls.
Perverted Valery Makarenkov, 69,
confessed to raping 90 women and underage girls but investigators believe his
true tally is at least 108.
A
pensioner suspected of being Russia's worst-ever serial rapist has been jailed
for 18 years after he admitted he "treated himself to women on his
birthday". Perverted Valery Makarenkov, 69, was convicted of 31 violent
sex attacks but police are investigating allegations of many dozens of further
cases. He has confessed to raping 90 women and underage girls but investigators
believe his true tally is at least 108.
Wearing
a black cap, he attacked his victims from behind after cycling up behind them
and dragging them into bushes. His first attack was 43 years ago and Moscow
detectives and criminologists checked the details of 26,000 men before he was
detained in May 2014 in the city's Kuzminki Park.
Valery
Makarenkov told police he liked to "treat" himself to sex attacks on
his birthday. The evil attacker has been branded the "birthday sex
maniac" and the "cycling rapist". He admitted to police that he
"treated himself to women on his birthday" and snared victims while
riding his Soviet-era Salut bicycle. "I gave myself these girls as a
birthday gift", he was reported to have said. He also stole items from his
victims whom he kept as souvenirs at his cramped flat - examples included a
child's badge, toys, a doll and a tin of peas.
His
youngest victim was believed to have been aged ten. Now divorced, he told
police his first rape was a teenage girl in 1973 after his wife refused to have
sex following childbirth. Working as a part-time taxi driver, he claimed he was
twice "drugged" by women these incidents led to a "grudge
against all women".
Makarenkov
was sentenced to 18 years in prison in a maximum security penal colony but
police continue to probe his alleged crimes, including fears that he murdered
at least three times. "The investigation of other crimes - attacks on
woman, violent assaults and murders - is on-going and Makarenkov will be
checked for involvement," said a statement from Russia's Investigative
Committee, equivalent of the FBI. "At night or in early morning he
followed his victims on his bike in backyards and parks, attacked from behind,
strangled them but not to death, then raped and stole valuable belongings.
"Usually
his attacks took place from May to October when it was possible to go around on
a bike. For a long time Makarenkov managed to hide well from police because he
acted in different districts of Moscow.
He "almost never committed two crimes in one area. About 20,000
Muscovites were checked in connection to Makarenkov's crimes before he was
caught. A source added: "In Makarenkov's case there were several factors:
hyper-sexuality, along with love of risk and danger. He was often stopped for
dangerous and drunk driving. He enjoyed being a hunter.”
"He
had to trace his victim, to follow her, to catch. All this gave him excitement
he needed, thrilled him, it was adrenaline. This is what all maniacs go hunting
for. And the moment of the sexual act is their prize." Victim Maria, in
her 30s, was attacked by the serial rapist in June 2013 as she walked home from
work. Bravely, she returned to the scene of her rape to highlight the terror
she felt for an NTV report.
"Suddenly
I spotted a man behind my back, he was with a bike," she said. "I
didn't pay any attention to him. I kept walking and sending a text. "One
minute later, I turned around and saw him right next to me and without his
bike. Next moment he attacked me and began to strangle me. I managed only a
short crying sound before he squeezed my throat. And I lost consciousness
within two seconds. It was like he just switched me off. Then he dragged my
body through those bushes." She said: "I woke up all covered in mud,
I had just one shoe on. I tried to understand what happened; honestly I did not
realize I was completely naked. "I felt as if I was frozen. I understood
that I had survived by a miracle."
Maria
saw his face, including his eyes, and gave crucial evidence to police in
drawing up an identikit picture.
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The pizza boss who prowled streets
and clubs looking for victims to rape is jailed for 20 years
- 'Sinister' Haval Omer, who had been
due to get married, had a “sense of entitlement” and still struggles to
understand what he have done wrong, the court heard. Haval Omer told his
victims he would take her to hospital after he found her distressed in the
street but “abducted” her in his car and raped her. Then while under
investigation for that offens the twisted 32-year-old attacked a second woman
- and then a third three months after that.
During
the second offence he plied a woman with drink after “pawing” at her in a club
then subjected her to a sickening sex assault ordeal. A third victim, whose
drink had been spiked in a nightclub, was “tricked” into getting into Omer’s
car, taken to his home and raped.
Newcastle
Crown Court heard Omer, who had been due to get married, had a “sense of
entitlement” and still struggles to understand what he has done wrong. Omer,
from Sunderland, was convicted of three offences of rape, on two of the women,
and four of sexual assault after a trial.
Crown Judge Penny Moreland branded him “dangerous” and sentenced him to
20 years imprisonment, with an eight year extension period and lifelong sex
offender registration.
The
judge said Omer’s behavior was “sinister” and added: “He doesn’t actually think
he has done anything wrong.” Judge Moreland further told Omer: “You pose a high
risk to members of the public, particularly females.”I form the view you are
dangerous.” The court heard the first
victim was attacked in 2015 after she had taken an overdose of drugs and had
wandered into the road while Omer was parked nearby. A recording of a 999 call
made by the woman’s friend captured him offering to give her a lift to hospital
for help.
Judge
Moreland told him: “You were parked on up on that street and looked like you
were looking for girls. “You had a bottle of vodka in your car which you used
as an inducement to get her into your car. It is apparent your intention was to
get her alone, which you did. Once you had done that you raped her in your car,
ignoring her protests.” The court heard the woman was found by the police,
unconscious, in Omer’s home the next day.
While
under investigation for that offense, Omer targeted his second victim, who was
on a night out in April 2016. CCTV footage from a nightclub showed him “pawing”
at the young woman, then “picking up her glass and encouraging her to drink”. She
was repeatedly sexually assaulted after she got her into his car. Omer targeted
his third victim during another night out three months later. Judge Moreland
told him: “I am quite satisfied while she was in the nightclub her drink was
spiked. “She said she felt weird and unable to stand.”
The
judge said Omer had “gone out looking for someone to have sex with” and had got
the victim into his car once she was “incapable”. Judge Moreland added: “She
didn’t want to have sex with you. You ignored her protests and you raped her.”
-The court heard the attacks had a devastating impact on all three victims. One
woman said she is “haunted” by what happened and said the ordeal has “messed
her life up”. Another said: “How can anyone do something so vile and crude?” The
women said they feared their ordeals will affect the rest of their lives.v Judge
Moreland said: “Sadly, I’m afraid that might be true.”
Peter
Schofield, defending, said Omer arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker in 2002,
from Iraq, and worked hard to set up his business. Mr. Schofield added: “He does, through me, recognize
the seriousness of all of these offenses. “He apologizes and is contrite for
the distress that has been occasioned to everyone.”
After
the case, Detective Inspector Ash Hopper, from Northumbria Police's Rape
Investigation Team, said: “I am pleased to be stood here today knowing that
Omer is now behind bars for a long time and is unable to carry out any more
appalling acts of this kind. “His offences were twisted and sickening, and he
is clearly a danger to society. He will have to live knowing what he has done
and the damage he has caused to the three victims and their families. “I hope
this sentence brings them some sort of justice, even though it cannot take back
what horrific ordeals they were put through, and I would like to thank them for
their bravery. “If anybody out there has been a victim of rape or other sexual
assault and fear nothing will be done, then please look at the sentence today.
“You
will be taken seriously and will be offered the specialist support you need.”
True in the UK and true in the USA!
As
always, stay safe !
-Bird
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