Match.com rapist has prison term extended after lying about vasectomy to victim who fell pregnant
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The father-of-three contacted thousands of women on Match.com and its partner company Dating Direct between 2009 and 2014, attacking 12 of them in what a judge described as a “campaign of rape”. Lincolnshire Police had arrested Lawrance in 2013 after a woman reported he raped her at home, but failed to charge him because of “insufficient evidence”. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, consent can only be given by a person who “has the freedom and capacity to make that choice” – a freedom prosecutors said was removed by the deception. Lawrance, formerly of Liphook, Hampshire, had met the woman after she invited him round for a coffee – and despite telling him “no, I don’t want this”, he responded with “shut up.
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