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Delroy Easton Grant is a convicted rapist accused of carrying out a series of offences of burglary, rape and sexual assault dating between October 1992 and May 2009 in the South East London area of England. Grant, also known as the Minstead Rapist and latterly the Night Stalker, is thought to have been active since 1990, and has a distinctive modus operandi, preying on elderly women who live alone. He is suspected of over 100 offences from 1990 to the 2009.〔(London's 'Night Stalker' still prowling ). United Press International. 17 June 2009〕 In 1998, the Metropolitan Police launched the dedicated Operation Minstead team to investigate the crimes, based out of Lewisham police station. (The name does not directly refer to the village of Minstead, Hampshire; rather it was chosen from an alphabetical list of English villages, the method of operational naming in use at the time). As of 2009, the operation was the largest and most complex rape investigation ever undertaken by the Metropolitan Police.〔Jacobson, Philip (30 January 2005). (Investigation: Stalker in the suburbs ). ''The Times''.〕 On 24 March 2011, the Jamaican-born Grant, a father of eight from Brockley〔Channel 4 News, 24 March 2011〕 who was a carer for his disabled wife,〔(Depraved Night Stalker Delroy Grant guilty of rape )〕 was found guilty on all counts.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8403597/Night-Stalker-Delroy-Grant-profile.html〕〔(Delroy Grant guilty )〕 The following day he was given four life sentences and ordered to serve a minimum of 27 years in prison.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12857539〕 ==Emergence of a linked series== Grant is an accomplished burglar and has broken into the homes of over 90 elderly women aged between 68 and 93.〔(Man held in 'nightstalker' rapes probe ). Press Association. 15 November 2009.〕 He is positively linked to four reported rapes and around 30 other sexual assaults. Police believe he is also responsible for at least another two rapes where the victims felt unable to make any official allegation. The true total may be higher as his victims are often too traumatised to speak to police. In addition, the Operation Minstead investigation team have to decide which incidents are unmistakably the work of the same offender and which are similar but possibly unrelated. Therefore many possible Minstead incidents flagged up by police for the attention of the Operation Minstead team cannot be definitely confirmed as the work of the same offender so must be excluded from the linked series. The confirmed series of offences began in October 1992 in the Shirley area of Croydon. However due to a break of four years between this first attack and a spate of others, Operation Minstead was not set up until 1998.〔 Although committing many crimes, Grant was dormant for long periods. After the first attack in October 1992, no further offences were reported until 1997. After a particularly violent rape on 5 August 1999 where his victim almost died from her injuries, there was another long break. This prompted some media speculation that the rapist had been imprisoned for an unrelated offence or that he had died. However on 13 October 2002, ten years after the first attack, he struck again.〔Cockcroft, Lucy (6 June 2008). ('Night Stalker' rapist attacks three more pensioners ). ''The Telegraph''.〕 Seven confirmed attacks took place in the summer of 2003. Another break then followed. A further series of confirmed attacks took place towards the end of 2008,〔Sullivan, Mike (6 June 2008). (Return of night stalker rapist ). ''The Sun''.〕 and into mid-2009.〔(Night Stalker may have struck again ). Press Association. 17 June 2009〕 Detective Superintendent Simon Morgan who headed the Minstead team from 2001 to October 2009, explained the problems in arriving at a definitive total of offences in this series by saying "His victims come from a generation who are inclined to see good in everyone. One thanked him for being gentle when he raped her". Another said she didn’t want to dial 999 "because I know the police are already so busy".〔("Minstead monster" ). March 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delroy Easton Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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