The Man Who Can’t Get His Hands Off Youngsters Despite Spending 34 Years In Jail For Same Offence
One of Britain's most dangerous sex offenders prowling a
Toys R Us store for up to eight hours before targeting a seven-year-old girl has
been re-arrested again.
Leslie Foster, 63, who had just been freed from a life
sentence for the knifepoint rape of a teenager, was seen loitering around the
aisles before accosting the girl when she became separated from her father and
brother.
As the youngster looked for a Barbie doll to buy with her
birthday money, Foster sneaked up to her and said he would buy her any toy she
wanted. He then winked and exposed himself telling her: "show
me your knickers and I will give you a pound and I will buy you anything in the
shop."
The terrified youngster ran away from him and was found
sobbing in another aisle by store staff who notified her father and brother. Police and staff studied CCTV of shoppers at the toy store
in Deepdale Retail Park in Preston, Lancs and saw Foster coming in and out of
the store on five separate occasions on the day of the attack, sometimes after
changing his appearance.
He was caught after a probation officer recognised pictures
of him when he appeared in a local
newspaper.
It emerged he had a record for sex offences dating back
almost 50 years and had served 34 years of a life sentence before being freed
this time.
Today at Preston Crown Court, Foster showed no emotion as he
was sent back to prison for eight years and four months after he admitted causing
or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
