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Beth Abbit

Serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga moved from Manchester to notorious 'Monster Mansion'

Vile rapist Reynhard Sinaga has been moved to one of Britain’s most notorious prisons to serve his sentence.

‘Psychopath’ Sinaga, 37, was jailed in January after carrying out 136 rapes and a string of sexual assaults against men in Manchester city centre.

He is now housed at HMP Wakefield - known as ‘Monster Mansion’ because of the large number of well known murderers and sex-offenders imprisoned there.

Sinaga will be behind bars with other depraved criminals such as the Black Cab rapist John Worboys, paedophile Ian Watkins and Jeremy Bamber.

Sinaga was convicted of crimes against 48 men (PA)

Charles Bronson, widely regarded as the country’s most dangerous inmate, also spent decades at HMP Wakefield.

Predator Sinaga - who is Britain’s most prolific rapist - drugged the victims with drinks laced with GHB or GBL and filmed the attacks on two mobile phones.

The Indonesian student was jailed for life in January and must spend at least 30 years behind bars before parole.

He had been living at HMP Manchester - known as Strangeways - since his arrest back in 2017.

But he was moved to the Category A HMP Wakefield on February 17 - just two days before his 37th birthday.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: “Sinaga did move to Wakefield from Strangeways on February 17.

“The move is normal process after sentencing.

“Ordinarily probation and prison services review risk category and prison placement after sentence.

“However as Sinaga had a number of trials they delayed the review until the conclusion of all trials and the sentencing in January.”

Sinaga was sentenced in relation to crimes against 48 men - but police believe the true number of victims may be closer to 195.

Reporting restrictions on the case were lifted as Sinaga was sentenced back in January and his shocking crimes were finally revealed.

In the days after, GMP received multiple calls from potential victims of the rapist.

Officers are still appealing for anyone who thinks they may have been targeted by Sinaga, or affected by his crimes, to get in touch via the Police Major Incident Public Reporting Site website.

Sinaga  - described as a “narcissist and a psychopath” by detectives - was jailed in January for drugging and raping 44 men and sexually assaulting a further four at his Manchester city centre apartment.

He filmed each of the attacks on two mobile phones, evidence which formed the basis of his four trials at Manchester Crown Court.

He preyed on drunk and vulnerable young men by posing as a “good Samaritan” and offering help before lacing their drinks with the drug GHB, or GBL.

Sinaga laced the victims' drinks with the drug GHB or GBL (PA)

He was found guilty of all 136 rapes, eight attempted rapes and 14 sexual assaults involving 48 identified men during four trials at Manchester Crown Court.

Judge Suzanne Goddard QC described Sinaga as a “highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual who will never be safe to be released”.

But during sentencing she said she would “shrink back” from passing a whole-life term.

In the wake of his sentence, lawyers for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) wrote to the Attorney General who referred the case to the Court of Appeal for senior judges to look at whether Sinaga’s sentence should be increased.

The hearing has been set back to a later date.

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