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16/04/2013
Serial Rapist Jailed For Life
A 23-year-old serial sex offender has been jailed for life after one of his victims used Facebook to plead for help.
David Edgerton, 23, of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, admitted abduction and rape after dragging a girl into woods.
A Mold Crown Court jury also convicted him of rape, attempted rape and attempted abduction of three other victims.
It is understood that Edgerton had been connected with a number of attacks and Judge Merfyn Hughes asked the authorities to explain why he was free for so long.
Complaints made against Edgerton included:
• In 2009, Edgerton raped a Deeside woman at her home, but the case did not proceed to trial.
• In 2011, he assaulted a 10-year-old girl in Broughton, with a clear intent to carry out a sexual offence. However, he was thwarted when two members of the public intervened. The attack was not pursued at the time.
• In August 2012, Edgerton raped a Warrington woman in her 40s, and was one of the charges the rapist was convicted of at Mold Crown Court.
• In summer 2012, he first tried to abduct a schoolgirl at Leeswood. A few hours later he returned to the same spot and abducted and raped another schoolgirl.
After sentencing Edgerton, who will serve a minimum of nine years, the judge wants the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to give an explanation to the families of the victims.
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David Edgerton, 23, of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, admitted abduction and rape after dragging a girl into woods.
A Mold Crown Court jury also convicted him of rape, attempted rape and attempted abduction of three other victims.
It is understood that Edgerton had been connected with a number of attacks and Judge Merfyn Hughes asked the authorities to explain why he was free for so long.
Complaints made against Edgerton included:
• In 2009, Edgerton raped a Deeside woman at her home, but the case did not proceed to trial.
• In 2011, he assaulted a 10-year-old girl in Broughton, with a clear intent to carry out a sexual offence. However, he was thwarted when two members of the public intervened. The attack was not pursued at the time.
• In August 2012, Edgerton raped a Warrington woman in her 40s, and was one of the charges the rapist was convicted of at Mold Crown Court.
• In summer 2012, he first tried to abduct a schoolgirl at Leeswood. A few hours later he returned to the same spot and abducted and raped another schoolgirl.
After sentencing Edgerton, who will serve a minimum of nine years, the judge wants the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to give an explanation to the families of the victims.
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