Rapist who met women on dating apps is jailed
The Herald|January 16, 2025
'DANGEROUS' SEXUAL PREDATOR SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS
CARL EVE
Rapist who met women on dating apps is jailed

A DEVON man has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of raping two women he met on dating apps. A judge told 35-year-old Ford Dixon he had "no hesitation" in concluding he was a danger to the public.

Dixon, of Keyberry Road, Newton Abbot, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court following a trial last October where he was found guilty of two counts of rape on one woman, and one count of rape, attempted rape and assault by penetration of a second woman.

The court heard how Dixon, who was 31 at the time of the offences in Plymouth between August and October 2020, met both the women - who cannot be identified for legal reasons online. Despite his later efforts to claim the women conspired to get him into trouble, the court heard they did not know each other and had never communicated.

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