89 Year Old Woman Trapped Rapist with "Technique from CSI"

A very harrowing case in which an illegal immigrant from Angola pretended to be a policeman, tricked his way into the home of an 89 year old woman, then raped her twice.

She weighed seven stone, he weighed twenty.

During her unimaginable ordeal, the lady had the presence of mind to claw the face of 31 year old Mauro Lopes - because she knew the police would be able to take his DNA from her fingernails - she'd seen it on CSI.

For subjecting an innocent, frail old lady, a widow of twenty years, to unmentionable horrors because he was drunk and had been to a lapdancing club, Lopes (above) received just nine years in prison.

The full story:

A rapist who posed as a policeman to get into his 89-year-old victim's home was snared because she copied a scene from CSI and scratched his face for DNA.

Bouncer Mauro Lopes, 31, who weighs 20 stone, raped the frail seven-stone widow twice after tricking his way into her home in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

In the midst of her horrific ordeal she had the presence of mind to remember an episode of the cult U.S. forensics drama - and clawed his face knowing police would be able to retrieve his DNA from under her fingernails.

It allowed detectives to catch Lopes just two days after the attack on March 14 because he was already on the national database after a drink-driving offence in 2005.

Lopes, who won asylum after coming to the UK from Angola on a false passport seven years ago, was jailed for nine years at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

Prosecuting, Felicity Davis said the attack - after Lopes put a large pillow over the woman's face - was so violent that she had to be taken to hospital with heavy bleeding.

But the widow of 20 years managed to tell police: 'I have been watching CSI so I scratched his face so you could get DNA from my fingernails.'

Unable now to live alone, she is in a care home but still has trouble sleeping. She cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Anne Dixon, defending, told the court that Lopes was remorseful and, in his own words, 'had fallen out of his personality with drink'.

He carried out the attack following a visit to a lapdancing club after discovering his girlfriend was cheating on him.

Judge Peter Collier QC said his offences were 'vile and extreme' and added: 'He is a 31-year-old man with all his faculties and his desires. He got drunk and did something unspeakable.'

Lopes had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. It is thought he will be deported at the end of his sentence.

Outside court Det Supt Steve Payne of West Yorkshire Police, who led the investigation, said: 'I would like to pay my respect to the victim in this case who has acted with incredibly bravery despite the terrifying ordeal she suffered.

'During the incident itself she even managed to scratch Lopes which helped us significantly with the investigation.

'Lopes... had his DNA taken for a minor offence in 2005 and as such he was placed on the national DNA database which assisted my investigation greatly in bringing this man to justice.'

Nine years.

In a sane society, in addition to giving Lopes life with chemical castration, they would find the civil servants whose mistake caused this monster to be loose in Britain and sack them.

The Home Secretary, who in his own words does not lie awake at night worrying about who is in this country and why, should be forced to publicly meet the victim's family to explain his remarks, apologise and then resign.

Because this case demonstrates we should all be worried - very worried indeed.