Cold case team have sex attackers in sights - VIDEO

A top detective heading South Yorkshire Police's new cold case team says officers have got full DNA profiles of the attackers – one of whom is believed to have committed three offences.

The team knows who one of the men is and are building a case against him, while they try to establish the identity of the other four.

Det Supt Richard Fewkes, who is heading the team, said: "We have got five cases where a full DNA profile has been obtained. Four of these are for offences committed in South Yorkshire, but one of them has been linked to two other cases in the county. I would anticipate making an arrest before the end of the year."

The team is working back in blocks of five years from 1992 and is currently looking at offences committed between 1983 and 1987.

Officers have looked at over 200 cases and 20 are currently live investigations.

Det Supt Fewkes confirmed the five offences where DNA profiles have been obtained were committed between 1988 and 1992.

"There will be a number of anxious people out there at the moment fearing a knock on the door from one of our officers."

The force's most high-profile success story was the arrest and conviction of James Llloyd – dubbed the 'Shoe Rapist' because he stole possessions from his victims.

Stephen Robinson, from Blackburn Street, Worsbrough, Barnsley, was jailed for 15 years in April after being snared by DNA evidence.