Rapist caught on CCTV boasted 'I'm too good looking for ID parades'
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Footage shows a serial rapist who claimed he was “too good looking” for an identity parade prowling the streets for victims. Stuart Thomson has now been jailed for life for a ‘campaign of rape’ committed in Manchester city centre. The 34-year-old went out armed with a knife and targeted sex workers on the streets behind Piccadilly station, after using crack cocaine.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Thomson approached the women and discussed sexual services for payment, before producing a knife and raping them. He raped three women, and attempted to rape a fourth. He treated the women "like pieces of meat" and "less than human", forcing himself on them, then putting them through the grief of a trial by denying his guilt. The attacks all occurred within a three hour period on the night of January 30 last year.
Thompson was tracked down after leaving a wool hat at the scene and after being taken to court he was found guilty by a jury at Manchester Crown Court. He was told that he would be locked up for life with a minimum of 18 years on Friday. And now footage released by Greater Manchester Police films him showing no remorse during his arrest where he said he was “too good looking” for an identity parade.
Judge Hilary Manley, reported the Manchester Evening News, told Thomson: “Your contempt for each of them was plainly evident throughout the trial and particularly when you gave evidence. I am wholly satisfied that you deliberately targeted sex workers as your victims, because you knew that you could get them isolated and alone in a quiet location in order to rape them, and also because you were cynically confident that they would be less likely to go to the police, and that even if they did find the courage and strength to do so, that they would be less likely to be believed.”.
