• A handout photograph released by the Metropolitan Police on Monday shows Joseph McCann for his custody photograph in London. A multiple rapist described as one of Britain's 'most dangerous' criminals was jailed for life on Monday for carrying out dozens of sex attacks in just a two-week period. Judge Andrew Edis branded McCann a 'coward, a violent bully and a pedophile' for his campaign of rape, violence and abduction in and around London and northwest England. | PHOTO BY HANDOUT / VARIOUS SOURCES / VIA AFP-JIJI
    A handout photograph released by the Metropolitan Police on Monday shows Joseph McCann for his custody photograph in London. A multiple rapist described as one of Britain's "most dangerous" criminals was jailed for life on Monday for carrying out dozens of sex attacks in just a two-week period. Judge Andrew Edis branded McCann a "coward, a violent bully and a pedophile" for his campaign of rape, violence and abduction in and around London and northwest England. | PHOTO BY HANDOUT / VARIOUS SOURCES / VIA AFP-JIJI

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LONDON – A convicted burglar who assaulted and raped women and children during a two-week rampage across Britain while wrongly free from jail was given 33 life sentences on Monday, with the judge saying he would never cease to be a danger to society.

Joseph McCann, 34, was convicted of 37 offenses relating to 11 victims aged between 11 and 71, committed in April and May this year. He kidnapped seven people during the spree.

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