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| Shoe fetish rapist gets life term | Shoe fetish rapist gets life term |
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| A father of two who admitted being the so-called Dearne Valley Shoe Rapist has been jailed for life - after escaping detection for 20 years. | A father of two who admitted being the so-called Dearne Valley Shoe Rapist has been jailed for life - after escaping detection for 20 years. |
| Printing firm manager James Lloyd, 49, admitted raping four women and trying to rape two others, when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court in July. | Printing firm manager James Lloyd, 49, admitted raping four women and trying to rape two others, when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court in July. |
| He terrorised women in Rotherham and Barnsley in the 1980s, tying them up with tights and stealing their shoes. | He terrorised women in Rotherham and Barnsley in the 1980s, tying them up with tights and stealing their shoes. |
| Lloyd, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, was tracked down through his sister's DNA. | Lloyd, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, was tracked down through his sister's DNA. |
| Judge Alan Goldsack QC gave Lloyd an indeterminate sentence and ordered he should spend at least 15 years in prison before he is assessed for release. | Judge Alan Goldsack QC gave Lloyd an indeterminate sentence and ordered he should spend at least 15 years in prison before he is assessed for release. |
| The judge said that if Lloyd - who had pleaded guilty- had been convicted after a trial he could have expected a fixed term sentence of 35 years. | The judge said that if Lloyd - who had pleaded guilty- had been convicted after a trial he could have expected a fixed term sentence of 35 years. |
| He added: "Few sexual cases are more serious than these." | |
| His conviction was hailed as the biggest victory yet in a "cold case" using this type of DNA evidence. | His conviction was hailed as the biggest victory yet in a "cold case" using this type of DNA evidence. |
| Some of the 100 stiletto shoes discovered at Lloyd's workplace | Some of the 100 stiletto shoes discovered at Lloyd's workplace |
| Many of Lloyd's victims watched the proceedings from the public gallery in the packed court surrounded by their friends and family. | |
| Speaking after the earlier hearing, Det Insp Angie Wright said Lloyd had an obsession with shoes and would take them as trophies from his victims. | Speaking after the earlier hearing, Det Insp Angie Wright said Lloyd had an obsession with shoes and would take them as trophies from his victims. |
| She said officers searched the premises of the printing firm he ran in Wath-upon-Dearne and found more than 100 pairs of shoes. Some were new and others had been used. | She said officers searched the premises of the printing firm he ran in Wath-upon-Dearne and found more than 100 pairs of shoes. Some were new and others had been used. |
| "This offender tied his victims up with stockings and tights and we recovered hundreds of stockings and tights at his work premises," she said. | "This offender tied his victims up with stockings and tights and we recovered hundreds of stockings and tights at his work premises," she said. |
| Asked about the significant amount of shoes recovered, she added: "There may be other victims who haven't come forward. | Asked about the significant amount of shoes recovered, she added: "There may be other victims who haven't come forward. |
| "Some of the shoes have been identified by victims as being shoes stolen at the time of attacks. | "Some of the shoes have been identified by victims as being shoes stolen at the time of attacks. |
| "He had a fixation with shoes. That is why he was labelled the Dearne Valley Shoe Rapist." | "He had a fixation with shoes. That is why he was labelled the Dearne Valley Shoe Rapist." |
| Suicide attempt | Suicide attempt |
| Ms Wright said Lloyd was caught after South Yorkshire Police decided to reopen the case five years ago. | Ms Wright said Lloyd was caught after South Yorkshire Police decided to reopen the case five years ago. |
| DNA from samples at the time were compared with samples on the police database. | DNA from samples at the time were compared with samples on the police database. |
| More than 40 close matches were eventually obtained and the third house police knocked on turned out to be that of Lloyd's sister, whose sample had been taken when she was arrested for drink-driving. | More than 40 close matches were eventually obtained and the third house police knocked on turned out to be that of Lloyd's sister, whose sample had been taken when she was arrested for drink-driving. |
| The officer said that when Lloyd heard the police were looking for him, he told a relative: "Look after my children. I have committed a series of offences 20 years ago." | The officer said that when Lloyd heard the police were looking for him, he told a relative: "Look after my children. I have committed a series of offences 20 years ago." |
| He then tried to hang himself. | He then tried to hang himself. |