Serial sex attacker jailed for life
A children's football coach who stalked and attacked women over 12 years has been jailed for life with a minimum term of seven and a half years.
Kirk Reid, 44, of Colliers Wood, preyed on at least 25 women on the streets of the Balham, Clapham and Tooting areas of south west London.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court convicted him of the attacks, including two rapes, in March.
He also admitted two indecent assaults.
Detectives continue to investigate whether the serial sex attacker is behind a further 71 attacks on women.
The Metropolitan Police was forced to apologise to his victims after it was revealed he was not arrested until four years after he became a suspect.
Officials at the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) are investigating blunders that allowed him to roam the streets for so long.
Reid was the second serious sex attacker to slip through the police net and highlight investigative failures in London. A second inquiry is under way into how taxi driver rapist John Worboys, who drugged and attacked his passengers, evaded detection.
Officers in Wandsworth borough identified that a repeat sex attacker was on the loose in September 2002 and identified Reid as a suspect in February 2004.
But despite him crossing their radar on several occasions he was not held until January 2008 when Scotland Yard detectives took over the case.
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