Editing Joseph McCann (section)

===Sex Crimes===
On 21 April 2019, McCann abducted a 21-year-old woman in Watford and raped her at knifepoint before releasing her the following day. When she reported the rape, the police identified McCann from the police database, but were unable to trace him. On 25 April, he attacked another woman and dragged her into his car before raping her and leaving her in the car while he attacked another woman and abducted her too. He raped both of the women before attempting to book them into a hotel for the night so that he could rape them again, but one of the women hit him with a glass bottle, allowing both to escape. After many more attacks, a £20, 000 reward was offered for information that lead to McCann's arrest. 

On 5 May, he met a woman at a bar in Greater Manchester and convinced her to allow him into her home; there, he tied her up and raped her 17-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son at around 8am. The daughter managed to flee the house, jumping from a first-floor window, and alerted neighbours. As McCann fled, the son untied his mother. At 1.30pm, McCann (in his car) abducted a 71-year-old woman outside a supermarket and subsequently raped her; while still holding her, he abducted and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl. They escaped at Knutsford Services that evening. McCann then drove to Congleton in Cheshire, where, on the same day at 6.30pm, he abducted two 14-year-old girls and threatened to kill them. He was spotted by police, who gave chase; in the pursuit, McCann crashed his car and fled on foot, leaving the girls unharmed. He caught a taxi, but the police noticed him at a road block near Congleton. He fled from the vehicle on foot; police caught up with him and he was discovered hiding up a tree down a country lane and arrested at around 3am on 6 May.