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04/06/2009
Serial Sex Attacker Jailed For Life
A children's football coach who preyed on women in south west London, over a period of six years, has been jailed for life.
Kirk Reid, 44, was convicted of two rapes and 24 sexual assaults and will be sentenced at Kingstown Crown Court later today and must serve at least seven-and-a-half years.
Police also believe Reid, from Cavendish Road, Balham, was responsible for a further 71 attacks which took place in the Balham, Clapham and Tooting areas between August 2001 and October 2007.
Judge Barnes said Reid, a football coach and chef at Camberwell Community College, lived a "double life".
She told him: "You created a false self and that enabled you to lead what appeared to be a successful, normal, happy life.
All the time you appeared to be this charming, normal, pleasant person deep down within you is this deep hostility against women."
The Metropolitan Police were forced to apologise to his victims after it was revealed he was not arrested until four years after he became a suspect.
The 44-year-old was finally caught when responsibility for the investigation was moved from the Wandsworth borough sex crime unit - known as Sapphire - to the Met's homicide and serious crime command.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is currently investigating the case.
(JM/BMcC)
Kirk Reid, 44, was convicted of two rapes and 24 sexual assaults and will be sentenced at Kingstown Crown Court later today and must serve at least seven-and-a-half years.
Police also believe Reid, from Cavendish Road, Balham, was responsible for a further 71 attacks which took place in the Balham, Clapham and Tooting areas between August 2001 and October 2007.
Judge Barnes said Reid, a football coach and chef at Camberwell Community College, lived a "double life".
She told him: "You created a false self and that enabled you to lead what appeared to be a successful, normal, happy life.
All the time you appeared to be this charming, normal, pleasant person deep down within you is this deep hostility against women."
The Metropolitan Police were forced to apologise to his victims after it was revealed he was not arrested until four years after he became a suspect.
The 44-year-old was finally caught when responsibility for the investigation was moved from the Wandsworth borough sex crime unit - known as Sapphire - to the Met's homicide and serious crime command.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is currently investigating the case.
(JM/BMcC)
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