Man in court over London 'night stalker' rapes

A man will appear in court today charged with a series of rapes and indecent assaults on elderly people over the last 17 years.

Delroy Grant, 52, was arrested by detectives hunting a sex attacker known as the "night stalker" who preyed on victims across south and south east London.

Grant, from Brockley, south east London, is charged with five rapes, six indecent assaults and 11 burglaries which took place between 1992 and last year.

Detectives investigating Operation Minstead swooped on Grant as he returned to his car in Shirley, near Croydon, south London, on November 15 last year.

The inquiry was set up to catch a man who had targeted women and men aged between 68 and 93 in their homes.

The five rapes are alleged to have taken place in Shirley in October 1992, Surrey in September 1998, Croydon in July 1999, and two offences in Orpington on August 5 1999.

The six indecent assaults took place in Beckenham in June 1999, Croydon in July 1999, Shirley in August 1999 and October 2002, Surrey in September 1998 and Addiscombe in July 1999.

Grant was also charged with committing burglaries in Bromley, Shirley, Surrey, Addiscombe, Orpington, West Dulwich and Beckenham between October 1992 and May last year.

He will appear at Maidstone Crown Court in Kent via prison video link from 10am.