Serial Attacker Jailed After He Cycled Through Crime Scene.mp4

A sexual predator has been jailed after he was caught returning to the scene of one of his many crimes while a victim was there with the cops.

On 16th December, Domenico Anselmo, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison in connection with a series of sexual offenses in the west of Essex and across the border into Hertfordshire.

The Essex Police said in a statement on 16th December: “The result follows a joint investigation by officers and detectives across our teams in the West, supported by officers from Hertfordshire Police.”

He pleaded guilty to 17 offenses committed between January 2017 and May 2021 on paths along the River Lea.

Anselmo subjected a total of 13 women to physical assaults, indecent exposure, and both on some occasions.

The Essex Police said: “In May of this year, the investigation team asked the women Anselmo targeted to accompany officers to the location of each offense, to install additional CCTV cameras in the area.

“One of the women had been walking home along Dobbs Weir Road in July 2020 when she was assaulted.”

Unexpectedly, Anselmo returned to the scene just as she finished showing officers where it happened.

The victim said: “It had been a long time since the incident happened to me, so I’d honestly given up on the possibility of him being identified.

“When the officers asked me to show them exactly where it happened, I didn’t really think anything would come of it.

“Afterwards, as I turned round to wave goodbye, I saw this man riding a pushbike heading towards me.

“I thought to myself ‘I recognize that bike’ and that’s when the realization suddenly set in.

“I felt really panicked as I didn’t want to walk back past him to alert the officers, but luckily one of them caught my eye and must have seen my distress.

“They came over to ask what was wrong and that’s when I told them ‘that’s him!

“Even now, I still find it completely unbelievable that it happened when it happened... It was perfect timing.”