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Rape suspect arrested for three attacks on women is linked to NINE other xes assaults on the same day as boy, 11, and woman, 71, are among those raped in 10 hours of mayhem
  • Met Police reveal list of 12 victims they believe may have been abducted or raped by man suspected of three London rapes
  • Joseph McCann, 34, is being questioned in connection with crimes including the rape of a 71-year-old woman in Manchester and an 11-year-old boy in Lancashire
  • Police cornered McCann up a tree in Congleton, Cheshire, this morning after an abduction in the area sparked a police chase which left vehicles wrecked
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Joseph McCann, 34, has now been linked to seven crimes including the rape of an 11-year-old boy

The man suspected of three horrifying xesual assaults in London in which women were forced into a car and raped is suspected of attacking nine other victims in the space of a few hours, police have said.

Joseph McCann, 34, was arrested in the early hours of this morning following a dramatic police chase which began when two teenagers were forced into a car in Congleton, Cheshire.

Now the Metropolitan Police have said they are questioning McCann in relation to other offences around England, including the rape of a 71-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy.

DCI Katherine Goodwin from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command said: 'Between Sunday, 21 April and Saturday, 5 May McCann is suspected to have been involved in a number of attacks across different parts of the country.

'I can confirm he is now being investigated for offences committed in Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire in addition to London and Hertfordshire.

'Detectives from the Met continue to lead on this investigation and are working very closely with policing counterparts where he is suspected to have carried out further offences. These offences will be jointly investigated.

'At this early stage, there are believed to be nine further victims following the attacks in Hertfordshire and London.

'These attacks were grotesque and horrifying. These victims are now being supported by specialist officers. Further details concerning specific offences will become clearer in due course.

'I would urge any other victims to come forward. We also need to hear from anyone who has been approached or been in contact with McCann.'

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Officers arrested Joseph McCann, 34, in connection with the abduction and rape of two women but he has since been linked to a rampage of xesual violence yesterday

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In addition to the three rapes in London and Watford in late April, McCann is now being questioned over four further attacks including two rapes and a xesual assault in and around Manchester yesterday

Quick-thinking taxi driver dropped McCann off at a police car after recognising his passenger

As a nationwide manhunt was underway for alleged serial rapist Joseph McCann one eagle-eyed taxi driver showed remarkable sang-froid when he realised his fare was the wanted man himself.

The driver, who has asked to remain anonymous, has told how the man he picked up at 8.30pm on Sunday was 'acting shifty'.

After realising who it was he ignored McCann's instructions to avoid roads where police were likely to be, and instead delivered him straight to officers - but MCCann fought them and ran off.

The suspected rapist was later caught after a six hour man-hunt, when police found him up a tree on a farm near Congleton, Cheshire.

The taxi driver said: 'I picked him up at 8.30pm in Scholar Green.

'I realised who he was from the way he acting and saying certain things like not to go down routes.

'He was hiding his face and ducking down and told me 'whatever happens don't go down the A34'.

'I told him that was the quickest route but he said he didn't care.

'I recognised it was him after reading the news earlier in the day.

'He threatened me not to go a certain way and kept saying don't stop.

'But on purpose I drove the way on the A34 and he didn't know were I was going.

'I passed an accident on the A34 that I heard about hoping to spot police.

'I left my hazard lights on as well so I could be pulled over by police.

'He started to kick off and I was getting scared but I kept driving.

'Further up the road, I saw a police officer talking to another member of the public on the side of the road, so I flashed them.

'I pulled up and he started to punch me in the face, the officer jumped in the car.

'I put on the child locks but he kept pulling at the door and it opened.

'He started fighting with the officer and he picked up a broken bit of glass off the floor and ran off into the fields.

'We ran after him but we blocked the main road off.

'Then more police turned up and the helicopter came and we were there for about six hours looking for him.

'They got him after finding him up a tree near a farm.

'He was only 200 yards from where we were on the main road.

'I was told by the police the best thing was for me to do is take my taxi to the police station so it can be examined.

'It was very scary when I realised who I had in the back of my car.

'One of the officers thanked me and said if it wasn't for my quick thinking then he would've got away.

'I'm just very happy that he's been caught.'


On Sunday, 5 May, detectives were informed that McCann had been located in the Congleton area of Cheshire. He was arrested in the early hours of this morning and taken into police custody.

The Ministry of Justice launched an urgent review after it emerged McCann may have been wrongly released from prison in February.

He was freed automatically half-way through a three-year sentence for burglary and theft - but should have gone before a parole board, it is understood.

McCann is believed to have been subject to a life-long licence after he was released from prison in February 2017 having served 10 years of an indeterminate sentence for public protection for an aggravated burglary.

It comes after footage emerged of McCann stopping for petrol while it is believed he already had his first victim in his car.

Officers suspect he approached his first victim at about 3.30am on April 21 before driving her around for six hours and then xesually assaulting her. The footage shows Mr McCann park at a BP garage just after 9am that day.

A young woman is seen sitting in the the passenger seat of his blue Ford Mondeo in a video obtained by The Sun.

The fugitive can be seen talking to the woman after pulling up and getting out of the car before he puts on a baseball cap.

Hertfordshire Police are reviewing the CCTV, which shows him walking into the garage, where he asks a worker for cashback. He is told to use the in-store ATM but is unable to do so because it is not working.

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Footage shows suspected serial rapist Joseph McCann stroll into a petrol station in Watford while an alleged victim sits in his car

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McCann pictured in the petrol station after he allegedly snatched a woman at knife-point in Watford

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McCann seen trying to use the cash machine. He was the subject of a manhunt that ended in his arrest in Cheshire


Timeline of abductions and rapes believed to be linked to McCann


1. Sunday, April 21, 3.30am. A woman, aged in her twenties, was abducted and raped in a car in Watford, Herts.

2. Thursday, April 25, 12.30am. A woman, aged in her twenties, was abducted and raped in a car in Chingford, London.

3. Thursday, April 25, 12.15pm. A woman, aged in her twenties, was abducted and raped in a car in Edgware, London.

4. Sunday, May 5, 8am. A teenage girl and an 11-year-old boy were raped in Haslingden, Lancs. In the same incident A woman aged in her thirties was falsely imprisoned.

5. Sunday, May 5, 1.30pm. A woman aged 71 was abducted and raped in Bury, Manchester.

6. Sunday, May 5, 3.30pm. Two 13-year-old boys and a 13-year-old girl were abducted in Heywood, Manchester. The 13-year-old girl was xesually assaulted.

7. Sunday, May 5, 6.30pm. Two 14-year-old girls were forced into a car in Congleton, Cheshire. They were not xesually assaulted.

On Monday, May 6 Joseph McCann was arrested in the early hours of the morning.


McCann was arrested this morning after a manhunt.

Police detained him following a standoff with officers overnight after he reportedly climbed a tree and refused to come down when cornered by police last night.

Negotiators along with paramedics were deployed to the scene and he was eventually taken into custody in the early hours of Monday morning.

The Cheshire town became the focus of a nationwide manhunt for the 'extremely dangerous' McCann when two women were forced into a car at around 6.45pm on Sunday evening.

The vehicle made off after it was spotted and pursued by officers, before it hit another car and the driver fled.

Police said the women had been left 'extremely shaken' as a result of their ordeal but were unhurt.

Cheshire Constabulary later said officers had tracked down a man wanted in connection with the abductions.

BBC News reported that the suspect was in a tree on Smithy Lane, a country road just outside the town.

Andrew Kidd, 75, who has a farm on Smithy Lane, said that at about 8.30pm he was told by police to stay inside his property.

'They told me there is a very violent person about who has absconded and he's very dangerous so go inside, lock your doors and don't come out,' he said.

'There were three or four police officers in my yard and they were looking up and down, looking in the trees.

'I saw police running along the fence in a neighbouring field and the lane was full of police cars.

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Police have arrested Joseph McCann following a nationwide manhunt after he was spotted up a tree

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This map shows how the manhunt unfolded in recent days, before the latest string of alleged attacks came to light

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Detectives investigating the abduction and rape of two other women previously released CCTV images of the suspect, believed to be McCann, as he attempted to book a hotel

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McCann was arrested following a car chase in Cheshire, which ended with his vehicle colliding with another

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Pictured: A police helicopter near Congleton in Cheshire as the manhunt for the alleged rapist was underway this weekend

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A search team is pictured in Cheshire, where McCann was arrested after officers reportedly found him up a tree

'The helicopter was round and my cows were stampeding because they were upset by the noise of it.

'They found him over the field where there's a ravine and a wooded area. He must have ran across the field to get there because the footpath is closed off while they're working on the new road.'

Local resident Robert Burns watched the scene unfold after police officers had checked his outbuildings and wheelie bins in search of the suspect.

The 45-year-old said: 'I went out to speak to the police. They did a superb job and were very thorough. They made sure the residents were kept informed.

'We watched it all from upstairs. It was a long time, it went on for about three hours. It was significant police presence, there were a lot of cars, all of the roads were closed.'

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Police in Congleton, near the black Fiat Punto into which MCCann is suspected of forcing two teenage girls on Sunday

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The Punto crashed into another car during what police described as a 'short pursuit'

Scotland Yard detectives previously launched a hunt for the suspected rapist and kidnapper after he allegedly snatched two women in their 20s off the streets in north London on April 25 in separate incidents.

He is also suspected of abducting a 21-year-old woman at knifepoint in Watford in the early hours of April 21 and raping her. Officers believe McCann was being hidden by a friend or family member.

Scotland Yard offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to his arrest and prosecution.

Cheshire Police said last night: 'The man has been secured by officers in a rural area of Congleton and is currently talking to trained negotiators.

'The two women abducted in Congleton were not injured. However, they have been left extremely shaken as a result of their ordeal and are currently being supported by specially trained officers.'

McCann, 34, was being hunted for three other horrific attacks over a period of four days in late April, two in London and one in Watford.

Speaking outside New Scotland Yard last week, Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin said that the fugitive is being hidden by 'someone who knows him'.

She said : 'We are investigating three horrific incidents of rape and abduction against women and we are appealing for help from the public to locate Joseph McCann, who is wanted for questioning in connection with the offences.'

'Our enquiries strongly indicate that McCann is being hidden by someone who knows him.

'Whatever your reason, if you are loyal to him, or fearful of him, please call us or share any information 100% anonymously via Crimestoppers.

How the manhunt unfolded

April 21, 3.30am: Woman, 21, raped after knife point abduction in Watford

April 25, 12.30am: A women aged in her 20s is abducted in Chingford

April 25, 12.15pm: Female aged in her 20s abducted in Edgware

April 25, 2.30pm: Both women escape following a struggle in Watford

May 5, 6.45pm: Two women forced into a black Punto in Congleton town centre, Cheshire. Following a short pursuit, car is stopped after crashing into another vehicle

May 6, early hours: Police reportedly arrest a man following a negotiation after he was found up a tree


'McCann is wanted in connection with violent, xesually-motivated offences and it is vital that he be apprehended.'

Detective Goodwin called on anyone sheltering McCann to imagine if 'your mother, sister, daughter, niece or friend had experienced such an awful attack and put yourselves in the shoes of their family'.

McCann, who is accused of abducting three women before raping them, is believed to have been released from prison early on licence because he was thought to 'no longer be dangerous'.

The Ministry of Justice is reportedly conducting an 'urgent review' into the decision to release McCann, according to the BBC.

His release should have been decided by the Parole Board as he was subject to an indeterminate sentence but it was incorrectly treated as a 'determinate sentence' with an automatic release, the BBC reports.

Initially suspected of two abductions and attacks, he was also wanted in connection with the rape of a 21-year-old woman at knifepoint in Watford in the early hours of April 21 - four days before the the first two incidents.

The victim was forced into a blue Mondeo and driven to numerous locations around the town for six hours, before she was raped.

The Metropolitan Police issued an appeal with a £20,000 reward for information to trace McCann for two suspected abductions and rapes, after victims were snatched off the street in Chingford and Edgware, both in north London, before being raped.

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Governments need to gift boys one of those super realistic xes dolls when they turn 13. There was never a time in history where men acted civilized. There is something wrong with their DNA. Don‘t @ me.
 

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