A “vile predator” who raped four lone women walking home from bars in Shoreditch has been found guilty after DNA linked him to the string of attacks.
Clement Omoregbee, 37, was convicted on Wednesday of attacking and raping the four women between February 2019 and December 2020.
He targeted them once they were making their journeys home after visiting bars in the Shoreditch area.
The survivors, who did not know each other, all suffered “extreme” memory loss after the rapes.
Police believe he may have used party drug GHB/GBL to knock his victims out before committing the sexual assaults.
He was also found guilty of stealing their phones, bank cards and jewellery.
Detectives were successful in obtaining DNA that matched with Omoregbee. The same DNA was then linked to two other rapes in the same area.
Police said two of the women were not initially supportive of an investigation but following this update they were re-contacted and engaged with detectives.
A fourth victim was discovered after detectives researching Omoregbee’s behaviour and interrogating police systems traced a woman who had attended the Havens, a specialist centre in London for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted.
Specialist detectives gained her support to send off her forensic samples which also returned a positive DNA hit relating to Omoregbee.
DC Steve Halfhide, from the Complex Investigation Team, said: “Clement Omoregbee is a vile predator who targeted lone women in the night-time economy. He has no place in society and is a danger to women. Omoregbee’s violent and disturbing actions have had life-changing impacts on the women he attacked.
“The victim-survivors have been incredibly strong throughout this lengthy process. I am pleased they have today seen justice. It was important to them all to help protect women of London from any further attacks by this man.
He added: “The investigation teams’ commitment to this case has been incredible, they have all worked incredibly hard and have really been behind this case from the beginning putting in hours and hours of work and overcoming many challenges.
“I would urge anyone who has been a victim of rape or sexual assault to come forward and report what happened to police. We will support you and take you seriously.”
Omoregbee, of Charlton Lane, Greenwich, was found guilty following a five-week trial at Wood Green Crown Court on Wednesday, 14 June.
Before the trial, Omoregbee pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud and theft for stealing the victim-survivors phones, jewellery and bank cards and making purchases after he’d carried out the rapes.
He will be sentenced on September 29.
