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Their victims were vulnerable, often drunk and alone in the early hours of the morning.
Despite their claims of wanting to help, these men went on to commit depraved acts.
Whether they posed as taxi drivers, or pretended to offer a helping hand, their true motivations were shown when they went on to carry out appalling crimes.
They are among the most sickening cases covered by our reporters - cases where sex offenders posed as Good Samaritans.
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Topps claimed he'd been acting as a Good Samaritan.
A 15-year-old girl became separated from her friends after being refused re-entry into a restaurant after she had she got 'extremely drunk'.
Topps, 33, approached her on the streets of Manchester city centre.
He held her hand, and shortly after took her to his hotel room.
Police received a missing persons report, as her friends and family frantically tried to find her.
The next morning, she woke up next to Topps, a total stranger, and said: "I've never seen you in my life, who are you?"
Tests revealed that the girl had been sexually assaulted, and Topps' DNA was recovered.
Topps later claimed he had been helping the girl, and had tried to remove her 'from harms way'.
"Instead, you acted in a predatory manner," a judge told him.
Last month, Topps, a dad from Whalley Range, was jailed for five years and three months after pleading guilty to sexual assault.
Lusadisu targeted his victim after she'd been on a night out in the city centre.
Slumped on a step on the pavement, the mum was highly vulnerable.
She didn't usually go out drinking, and feared she'd been spiked after she was found to have cocaine in her system.
A court heard that she
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