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| Match.com user Jason Lawrance guilty of rapes and assault | Match.com user Jason Lawrance guilty of rapes and assault |
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| A man has been found guilty of raping five women and attacking two more after meeting them on internet dating site Match.com. | A man has been found guilty of raping five women and attacking two more after meeting them on internet dating site Match.com. |
| Jason Lawrance, 50, of Liphook, Hampshire, used two profiles on the website to meet the seven women from five English counties. | Jason Lawrance, 50, of Liphook, Hampshire, used two profiles on the website to meet the seven women from five English counties. |
| Derby Crown Court heard the attacks took place between June 2011 and November 2014. | Derby Crown Court heard the attacks took place between June 2011 and November 2014. |
| Lawrance will be sentenced on Thursday. | |
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| The court heard Lawrance, described by police as a "sexual predator", used his profiles keepitstraighttoday and straightmanlooking on match.com but was keen to talk to women offline. | |
| He committed three sex attacks months after getting married to someone he met via the site. | |
| Officers began investigating Lawrance after Derbyshire Police received a call in November 2014 from a woman who claimed one of her friends was raped by him. | |
| During his defence, Lawrance claimed he had consensual sex with all of the victims. | |
| A Match.com spokesman said it has the "most heartfelt concern" for the victims and that "the safety of our members is our highest priority". |