Pevensey Sex Offender Graham Head, a man impersonating a taxi driver to perpetrate sexual assaults on two women has been sentenced to imprisonment.
Graham Head, 66, possessed latex gloves, condoms, Viagra tablets, and a balaclava in his silver Mercedes estate at the time of his arrest last year, as presented in court.
According to the police, Graham Head had “prowled” the streets of Sussex in his vehicle in search of vulnerable ladies.
Graham Head, from Pevensey, East Sussex, received an 18-year sentence at Hove Crown Court and a further five years on extended licence.
Judge Jeremy Gold said he was a “sexual predator” who posed a “present and dangerous risk” to women.
The defendant was found guilty of kidnap, attempted rape and assault by penetration at the same court in June.
Graham Head was arrested in November 2022 after a woman in her 20s reported waking up in what she thought was a taxi to find a man sexually assaulting her.
Officers linked Graham Head to another ongoing investigation from August when a teenager who received a taxi ride from him from Brighton to Hove Park was then dragged into bushes.
She had remembered three digits of his number plate, allowing Sussex Police to track Graham Head’s Mercedes.
After his arrest, Graham Head’s internet history revealed multiple searches into Brighton student nights and nightclub opening times across Brighton, East Sussex and Surrey.
His mobile phone was in flight mode, meaning its location could not be traced.
A statement submitted to the court by one of Graham Head’s victims described how she struggles to be outside by herself at night.
She said: “I start to panic at every insignificant sound as I assume that it must be someone who is coming to hurt and violate me.
“In general, I don’t feel safe anymore, knowing that there are people out there who want to do what has been done to me.”
Detective Constable Elliott Lander of Surrey and Sussex’s central crime team praised the two “brave” women for coming forward and supporting the investigation. They urged any other potential victims to contact the police.
“We believe Graham Head may have further victims who have not yet come forward,” he said.
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