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M25 rapist quizzed on 1987 attack | M25 rapist quizzed on 1987 attack |
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One of Britain's most notorious serial rapists has been questioned by detectives over an attack 23 years ago. | One of Britain's most notorious serial rapists has been questioned by detectives over an attack 23 years ago. |
Antoni Imiela, 55, known as the M25 rapist, was taken from his jail cell to a police station for questioning. | Antoni Imiela, 55, known as the M25 rapist, was taken from his jail cell to a police station for questioning. |
He was quizzed over an attack on a woman in her 20s in south-east London in 1987. | He was quizzed over an attack on a woman in her 20s in south-east London in 1987. |
Imiela was given seven life sentences in 2004 after being convicted of raping seven women and girls plus the attempted rape of another girl. | |
The former railway engineer was arrested after forensic experts reviewing hundreds of unsolved cases using new techniques found a DNA match. | |
The Metropolitan Police (Met) specialist sex crime investigation team, known as Sapphire, reopened the case recently. | The Metropolitan Police (Met) specialist sex crime investigation team, known as Sapphire, reopened the case recently. |
Imiela was taken from Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire to be interviewed at a police station in Leeds. | |
The case file has been handed to the Crown Prosecution Service which must decide whether to charge Imiela. | The case file has been handed to the Crown Prosecution Service which must decide whether to charge Imiela. |
It is believed that any prosecution will be based on interviews with the victim at the time of the attack as she has since died. | It is believed that any prosecution will be based on interviews with the victim at the time of the attack as she has since died. |
"We can confirm a 55-year-old man has been arrested and released on bail until 12 April," a Met spokesman said. | "We can confirm a 55-year-old man has been arrested and released on bail until 12 April," a Met spokesman said. |
The attacks carried out by Imiela all took place around the M25 area in London, Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire. |