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| Man on serial sex attack charges | Man on serial sex attack charges |
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| A 52-year-old man has been charged by police investigating a series of rapes and assaults on elderly people across south-east London over 17 years. | A 52-year-old man has been charged by police investigating a series of rapes and assaults on elderly people across south-east London over 17 years. |
| Delroy Grant, of Brockley, is due in court charged with five rapes, six indecent assaults and 11 burglaries. | Delroy Grant, of Brockley, is due in court charged with five rapes, six indecent assaults and 11 burglaries. |
| The charges relate to attacks alleged to have happened between 1992 and 2009. | |
| He was arrested as part of Operation Minstead, set up to investigate 108 crimes police believed were committed by a man dubbed the "night stalker". | He was arrested as part of Operation Minstead, set up to investigate 108 crimes police believed were committed by a man dubbed the "night stalker". |
| Mr Grant will appear before Greenwich Magistrates' Court in south-east London. | Mr Grant will appear before Greenwich Magistrates' Court in south-east London. |
| Detectives arrested the man in the early hours of Sunday in a "pre-planned operation". | Detectives arrested the man in the early hours of Sunday in a "pre-planned operation". |
| £40,000 reward | |
| Forensics experts were making preparations to erect a large screen around Mr Grant's home on Sunday night. | |
| Earlier this month the Metropolitan Police revealed more than 2,000 DNA samples had so far been obtained from suspects as part of the 12-year Operation Minstead inquiry, at a cost of £102,700. | |
| More than 30 officers are involved in the hunt for a man who has been linked to 108 crimes mainly targeting elderly women - the oldest of them 93 - and invariably carried out at night. | |
| A £40,000 reward was offered to encourage the public to come forward with information. |