THIS is the chilling moment a sex predator stalked a victim through dark streets before attacking three women in one hour.
Donatas Venclovas, 34 was captured following a 25-year-old woman through Leicester city centre before pouncing.
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SWNSHe has now been jailed 14 years after the attacks[/caption]
The fiend ambushed her from behind and groped her during the horrific sex attack.
Just minutes later, Venclovas exposed himself and sexually assaulted another woman – then aged 74.
After he was disturbed, the predator fled to a nearby park where he carried out another sickening sex attack.
A 57-year-old woman was pushed to the ground as Venclovas attempted to rape her but she bravely fought back and bit his hand while screaming for help.
At the time, DNA recovered following the bite did not match anyone on the police database – meaning the fiend went free for 14 years.
But in February this year, Venclovas was arrested in London and a DNA sample matched the unsolved 2011 attacks.
He has now been jailed for seven years and two months after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Leicester Crown Court heard police at the time carried out extensive enquiries at the time of the attacks – including reviewing hours of CCTV and public appeals.
Statements were also taken from key witnesses but despite a major investigation, the suspect wasn’t identified.
When the breakthrough finally came this year, police immediately launched a renewed investigation.
Officers found one of the victims – the 74-year-old – had passed away but tracked down the other two women.
Detective Constable Shannon Hughes said: “For more than a decade the women in the case have had to live with knowing the man who attacked them had not been identified and could still be out there.
“The actions of one of the victims on that morning in 2011 has ultimately led to this case finally being solved but the case still required a full review of old material, as well as reconnecting with the victims and carrying out new enquiries to ensure the case was fit for trial in 2025.
“Luckily the victims have been spared any added trauma of having to relive what happened to them in court and hopefully today will put an end to what has been many years of living with unresolved pain.”
SWNSVenclovas pounced on a woman from behind and assaulted her[/caption]
SWNSHe attacked two other women in the space of an hour[/caption]
SWNSAn e-fit released after the sex assaults in 2011[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
