Released from a life sentence to rape again

A serial rapist in a Covid mask was released from a life sentence to prey on a teenage girl, a court heard. William Trotter, 39, was being ‘closely monitored’ by police and probation officers when he targeted the 17-year-old after she boarded the N199 to Bromley, south London. He was previously jailed in 2006 but was released after convincing a parole board he was no longer a risk of sexual offending. Nine months after he walked free, Trotter pulled on…