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| Serial London rapist is jailed for morning attacks | Serial London rapist is jailed for morning attacks |
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| A serial rapist who attacked women walking home in the early hours of the morning, has been jailed indefinitely for public protection. | A serial rapist who attacked women walking home in the early hours of the morning, has been jailed indefinitely for public protection. |
| Lawrence Dugbazah, 31, from Peckham, south London, was convicted of assaulting three women in central London over a 10-week period last year. | |
| He targeted the women as they walked home, attacking one teenager near Buckingham Palace, a jury heard. | He targeted the women as they walked home, attacking one teenager near Buckingham Palace, a jury heard. |
| He was jailed indefinitely for public protection at Southwark Crown Court. | He was jailed indefinitely for public protection at Southwark Crown Court. |
| Recorder Sally O'Neill QC told Dugbazah: "I have taken into account the terrifying nature of these attacks, the lasting harm done by your actions, and that they took place over a very short period of time." | |
| Death threats | |
| The first rape was of a 19-year-old in Bloomsbury, central London, on 9 January last year. | The first rape was of a 19-year-old in Bloomsbury, central London, on 9 January last year. |
| The attack, which Dugbazah pleaded guilty to, was caught on CCTV. | The attack, which Dugbazah pleaded guilty to, was caught on CCTV. |
| Dugbazah picked the teenager up and threw her to the floor of a cafe doorway in Museum Street, the court heard. | Dugbazah picked the teenager up and threw her to the floor of a cafe doorway in Museum Street, the court heard. |
| "While trying to subdue her, he sticks his hand down her throat to stop her screaming. He threatens to kill her," prosecutor Tana Adkin said. | "While trying to subdue her, he sticks his hand down her throat to stop her screaming. He threatens to kill her," prosecutor Tana Adkin said. |
| Dugbazah's DNA was matched in March when he was arrested for an unrelated offence. | Dugbazah's DNA was matched in March when he was arrested for an unrelated offence. |
| He was later charged with the two other assaults because they were "strikingly similar," Miss Adkin said. | He was later charged with the two other assaults because they were "strikingly similar," Miss Adkin said. |
| The rapist pulled a 22-year-old woman to the ground in Lewisham, south London, but was disturbed by a passer-by before he could rape her on 13 March. | |
| Eight days later, an 18-year-old was in Palace Street, near Buckingham Palace, after spending the evening at a club in the King's Road when she spotted a man watching her. | |
| He crossed the road and followed her, grabbed her from behind, shoved into an alcove near a shop doorway and pulled to the ground where she was raped, the court heard. | |
| She eventually managed to get away and ran to a cab waiting further along the road. |