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A senior council officer who disguised himself as a tramp to sexually assault a string of schoolgirls has been jailed for 13 years. | A senior council officer who disguised himself as a tramp to sexually assault a string of schoolgirls has been jailed for 13 years. |
Father-of-two Anthony De Boise, 58, attacked his victims at beauty spots in south London and Surrey. | Father-of-two Anthony De Boise, 58, attacked his victims at beauty spots in south London and Surrey. |
He admitted assaulting six girls aged 13 to 16 between 1989 and 1996. | He admitted assaulting six girls aged 13 to 16 between 1989 and 1996. |
De Boise, of Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, dressed in a stained tracksuit and disguised his educated voice to avoid detection, Southwark Crown Court heard. | De Boise, of Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, dressed in a stained tracksuit and disguised his educated voice to avoid detection, Southwark Crown Court heard. |
The court heard he led a "bizarre" double life of respectable family man and brutal paedophile. | The court heard he led a "bizarre" double life of respectable family man and brutal paedophile. |
Threats to kill | |
Wearing dark glasses and scruffy clothes he would scour local beauty spots looking for victims. | Wearing dark glasses and scruffy clothes he would scour local beauty spots looking for victims. |
Over a period of seven years he subjected young girls, sometimes at knifepoint, to lengthy ordeals of pain and degradation, the court was told. | |
Jurors heard how he threatened to rape, injure and even kill the girls before ordering them to strip off. | |
But he managed to evade capture for several years by duping detectives into thinking they were looking for an unemployed down-and-out. | |
DNA sample | |
The real culprit dressed impeccably and held down a well-paid job as a Wandsworth Council planning officer where he was known as "Mr Nice Guy", jurors heard. | |
Prsecutors said he was well regarded by friends who described him as "kind, caring, decent, considerate and gentle... someone who could be trusted". | |
But he was finally caught after a relative accused him of stealing money. | |
A DNA sample given to the Metropolitan Police's cold case rape unit matched one found following the attacks. |