70-Year-Old Jailed 18 Years After DNA Links Him to 1990s Child Sex Assaults

A breakthrough DNA match has led to an 18-year prison sentence for 70-year-old David Pearce. He pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court to multiple offences against children in London during the 1990s. Officers first recovered a DNA sample in 1990 after Pearce lured children at a Barking lido and assaulted them under the pretext of searching for lost keys. In 2019, a separate arrest for voyeurism yielded a profile that matched the cold case evidence. Further inquiries tied him to a similar attack on a 13-year-old girl in 1996. Investigators praised advances in forensic science and the victims’ courage. The Metropolitan Police has also committed significant funds to improve facilities for interviewing historical abuse victims.

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