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.
He will serve 30 years in jail before he is considered for release. Sentencing him at London's Old Bailey Court, Judge Andrew Edis said he was "a coward, a violent bully and a pedophile.