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Detectives searching for a sex attacker who is thought to have struck twice have named a man they want to question. | Detectives searching for a sex attacker who is thought to have struck twice have named a man they want to question. |
David Newton, 55, from Knottingley, West Yorkshire, is described as white, 5ft 6in tall, with a ruddy complexion, no top teeth and a beer belly. | David Newton, 55, from Knottingley, West Yorkshire, is described as white, 5ft 6in tall, with a ruddy complexion, no top teeth and a beer belly. |
Officers investigating a rape in Leeds in 1997 and an attack on Ilkley Moor in 2006 say Mr Newton may be on his way to Cornwall or already in the county. | |
A forensics team has been examining his home in Knottingley. | |
The search for Mr Newton started after police investigating the sex attacks obtained "new information". | |
It is vitally important that we locate him and speak to him as soon as possible Det Supt Chris Thompson | |
In the 1997 attack, a 16-year-old girl was raped in Primrose Valley, east Leeds. | |
The second assault was on a 52-year-old woman. | |
Police have a picture of Mr Newton's metallic powder-blue Land Rover Freelander, registration number NA51 VYM, on the M5. | |
Det Supt Chris Thompson said: "We are urgently appealing to the public to contact us with any information that will help us trace David Newton's current whereabouts. | Det Supt Chris Thompson said: "We are urgently appealing to the public to contact us with any information that will help us trace David Newton's current whereabouts. |
"We would advise anyone who sees him not to approach him, but to contact the police immediately on 999." | "We would advise anyone who sees him not to approach him, but to contact the police immediately on 999." |