A desperate knifeman calling himself ‘a mad 2 Nov 1990 A desperate knifeman calling himself ‘a mad rapist’ held a terrified young woman hostage because he just wanted someone to talk to, the Old Bailey heard on Monday. Debt-ridden painte This Content is for Members only Please register or login to access it Login Username Password Remember me Enter your email address or username Cancel Register A man accused of rape walked free from the Old A 55-year-old woman – under stress from money MORE FROM SURREAL Recent PostsTHE DENTIST AND HIS THONG Banned from standing behind strangers Bold thief caught out by his bald head She nicked £1.2m – and didn’t go to jail Woman who hid drugs in her vagina gets a three-and-a-half year stretch Recent PostsTHE DENTIST AND HIS THONG Banned from standing behind strangers Bold thief caught out by his bald head She nicked £1.2m – and didn’t go to jail Woman who hid drugs in her vagina gets a three-and-a-half year stretch MORE FROM THE CRIME VAULTS Recent PostsDobson and Norris: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence From the murder archive: The Public Schoolboy Killer Deveca Rose gets ten years for leaving her four sons to die in a house fire ROGER FRISBY: THE GAS MARK EIGHT KILLER Killer couple wanted to smear themselves with their victim’s blood Recent PostsDobson and Norris: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence From the murder archive: The Public Schoolboy Killer Deveca Rose gets ten years for leaving her four sons to die in a house fire ROGER FRISBY: THE GAS MARK EIGHT KILLER Killer couple wanted to smear themselves with their victim’s blood