“His conduct involved hiding behind a screen and anonymously using social media to threaten to inflict extreme and graphic sexual violence upon his victims. Helen Shaw, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said after the sentencing hearing: “Vishaal Vijapura carried out a shocking, truly frightening and vicious campaign of stalking against a number of victims. Vijapura, from Shirley in Croydon, south London, was caught after a number of victims made complaints to the police and officers managed to track him down from the IP address he used.Īt Croydon Crown Court on Tuesday he was jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to seven counts of stalking involving fear of violence at an earlier hearing.Ī sexual harm prevention order was also made as well as a restraining order banning him for life from directly or indirectly contacting any of the names on the list he created. He even started an Instagram post titled “why r is better than sex: a thread”, police said.Ĭops were able to find that of the 191 names, 150 were traceable real people, according to police. This slew of information Vijapura researched was used to intimidate his victims by regurgitating details about themselves to themselves while he stalked them. Police discovered his email was linked to at least 28 different social media accounts between June 2020 and January 2021, when he was arrested. When he was blocked by a victim on one account, he would start another and use the new unknown account to continue to message them. Vijapura used multiple usernames across different social media platforms to anonymously stalk and message his victims.
He sent a third victim laughing emojis after a graphic message.Īll of these victims were strangers, yet Vijapura paid at least £500 to use research sites such as .uk and 192.com to find out about their lives to strike fear into them, police said. He told another victim that his assault would render her “completely unconscious”. In one message to a victim he told her that he would rape her at her home address and film the assault so he could post it online.
Sex attacker foiled by have-a-go hero who pelted him with rocks.
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