SCUNTHORPE RAPIST CAUGHT THROUGH DNA LINK JAILED FOR LIFE
A "sexual predator" who was caught by police after his DNA linked him to a second assault has been jailed for life.Marian Feraru, 25, raped a woman in Scunthorpe in October 2021 but his genetic code was not on the police database, a court previously heard.
In March 2022 he attacked a second woman and was later caught by police and linked to the initial crime.
At Grimsby Crown Court in September, he was convicted of two counts of rape.
At the same court on Monday, Feraru, of Sheffield Street West, Scunthorpe, was told he would serve a minimum of 11 years and 172 days before parole is considered.
Police said Feraru raped his first victim on 31 October 2021 after he approached her on Teale Street in the town and she declined his advances.
He was not identified at the time and had no previous record with the police.
