Rape fiend ‘a narcissist and psychopath’
DETECTIVE WHO LED INVESTIGATION SAYS SINAGA ’OFFENDED WITH IMPUNITY’
BRITAIN’S worst rapist is a ‘narcissist and a psychopath’ who offended ‘with impunity’ for more than a decade, according to a detective who spent years working to jail the predator.
Detective Inspector Zaheer Ali is one of several people interviewed in a new M.E.N. podcast about the serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga.
During the one-off documentary podcast we speak to the detectives at the forefront of the investigation and discuss the facts heard in four crown court trials before Sinaga was jailed for life.
International student Sinaga, 36, was a cunning and practised predator who stalked the streets of Manchester hunting for victims. He lured dozens of men back to his city centre flat where he raped them and filmed the encounters on two iPhones.
He was jailed for life back in January and must serve 30 years behind bars before he can be considered for release.
In an exclusive interview, Det Insp Ali, who led a team of detectives who investigated Sinaga over two years, described the rapist as ‘a psychopath.’ He said: “Had he not been a narcissist and a psychopath, anybody else faced with such damning evidence would have admitted to what they’ve done.”
He added: “He’s offended with impunity for a decade. He’s now convinced himself either that he is innocent or that it doesn’t matter because he’s got what he wanted for so long.”
Indonesian student Sinaga, who has lived in Manchester since 2007, drugged and raped 44 men and sexually assaulted a further four during a campaign of rape that lasted more than two years. But detectives believe the true number of victims is actually 195, based on the hundreds of hours of video footage Sinaga filmed during the attacks.
Sinaga lured drunk men back to his apartment in Manchester city centre before lacing their drinks with GHB and raping them while they were unconscious.
Anyone who thinks they may have been affected by Sinaga’s crimes can call police on 101.
● You can listen to the podcast at manchestereveningnews.co.uk or on Apple Podcasts / Spotify