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| Man named by rape inquiry police | |
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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. | 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. | 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". | 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 | 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. Her 11-year-old brother was made to lie in bushes nearby as the attack was carried out. | |
| The pair had been looking for frogspawn in a stream. | |
| The second assault was on a 52-year-old woman. | 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. | Police have a picture of Mr Newton's metallic powder-blue Land Rover Freelander, registration number NA51 VYM, on the M5. |
| Police officers were searching Mr Newton's home | |
| 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." |
| Mr Thompson said he thought it likely that Mr Newton was aware police had launched a major search for him. | |
| The detective, a member of West Yorkshire's Homicide and Major Inquiry team, said the public should not approach Mr Newton if they spot him. | |
| "He may well be aware that we are looking for him," he said. | |
| "I am urgently appealing to the public to contact us with any information about his whereabouts. | |
| "I would advise anyone who sees this person to contact us on 999. | |
| "These are assaults are of the most serious nature." |