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Ron Evans: 'Clifton Rapist' jailed for sexual assault

Nov 16,2023 8:41 am

By Emma ElgeeBBC News

A convicted murdered, dubbed the 'Clifton Rapist', has been jailed for Four Years for sexually assaulting A Woman .

Ron Evans , 82, befriended The Woman at a community centre in Wembley, London, and assaulted her after inviting her to his flat In July 2022.

He was found guilty on Monday and sentenced at the Old Bailey earlier.

Evans spent More Than 50 Years in jail for murdering Kathleen Heathcote in 1964 and.

Evans was released by the parole board in 2018 and moved to London a year later.

He had been volunteering at the community centre where he met The Woman he would Go On to assault, The Court was told.

When she phoned him The Following day to confront him he told her " this kind of talk will get me in trouble, " before Hanging Up .

'Still a predator'

Pragati Patel, from The Crown Prosecution Service, said: " Ron Evans presented himself as a harmless pensioner volunteering in his local community.

" But in reality, and despite his age, he was still very much a deviant Sexual Predator waiting for his next opportunity.

" The Prosecution case included strong witness testimony and we were also able to tell The Jury about some of Evans' previous predatory behaviour towards women through bad character evidence made admissible In Court . "

The Judge also ordered The Victim to be paid compensation.

Evans was found Not Guilty of two counts of sexual assault in relation to another complainant in The Trial at Harrow Crown Court .

He was convicted of murdering Ms Heathcote, a 21-year-old shop worker who went missing in Nottinghamshire in 1964.

He was jailed For Life but served only 11 years before being released on licence and moving to Bristol where he went on to commit a series of sex attacks.

Between 1977 to 1979 in the Clifton, Redland and Westbury Park areas of The City .

After mounting public pressure, Avon and Somerset Police launched an undercover operation in January 1979, which had young female officers and male officers setting 'honeytraps' for the attacker.

In March that year, Police Officer Michelle Leonard was grabbed by A Man who told her " Don't scream or I'll kill you".

Her assailant turned out to be Evans, who went on to admit five attacks.

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