Match,com rapist: 'sexual predator behind bars'

A sexual predator who raped five women and attacked two more after meeting them on internet dating site Match.com has been jailed for life.

Det Ch Insp Allison Rigby, from Derbyshire Police, spoke outside court and said, "I am pleased that at its conclusion we have been able to put a dangerous, sexual predator behind bars".

Jason Lawrance, 50, of Liphook, Hampshire, used two profiles to meet his victims from five English counties, Derby Crown Court heard.

He must serve at least 12 and a half years before being eligible for parole. The assaults took place between June 2011 and November 2014.