Jason Lawrance, 50, was found guilty of raping five women he met on Match.com where he chatted to thousands of women
A convicted serial rapist targeted 'vulnerable' women who were 'widowed or divorced' on an online dating website.
Jason Lawrance, 50, was found guilty of raping five women he met on Match.com where he chatted to thousands of women.
He was also convicted of attempting to rape and sexually assault two other women after speaking to them online.
After the verdict was read at Derby Crown Court yesterday, Detective Chief Inspector Allison Rigby, from Derbyshire Police , said the two-week trial had been "devastating" for the victims.
She said: "I certainly think he is a sexual predator who has preyed on women through match.com that he has met who have got (some) vulnerability.
"He seems to have targeted females who are divorced and widowed.
"Only Jason Lawrance will know how many people he has sexually assaulted - it is possible that there are other people out there."
He was arrested after a friend of a woman who was raped in Derbyshire in November 2014 went to police.
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The court heard Lawrance texted one of his victims after attacking her apologising for "hurting her" and saying: "When you were crying out for me to stop I couldn't, I'm so mad at myself xxx."
The jury heard that Lawrance raped another woman in the back of a van which he had parked in a field in Northamptonshire in June 2011.
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