UK’s most prolific rape case: Victim drops anonymity to help other victims

Daniel is the first among 48 victims in the Reynhard Sinaga rape case to waive his right to anonymity and stepped forward to speak up about his experience in order to help other victims. He became a part of BBC 2’s documentary about this case, "Catching A Predator".

Daniel claimed that he could not remember anything when he woke up and found himself in Sinaga’s apartment. Only two years later, when the Greater Manchester Police showed him the photographs, he learnt that he was raped. "It is just horrible to see yourself that vulnerable in photographs that someone else has taken," he said.

He admitted that the experience was very difficult for him and made him feel very vulnerable. In the documentary, he said that he was on a night out to celebrate his birthday back in 2015. He got separated from his friends when he went to an alley for a toilet break, but after that, he did not remember anything. All he knew was that the next morning, he woke up fully clothed on a sofa in a flat he did not recognise.

He also shared that he never considered to report it to the police because he was "doubting himself", "felt stupid" and "didn't have a clue what had happened". Daniel was offered services such as therapy, but he claimed that nothing works as well as talking with his own father. "Men don't talk about male rape but his response was amazing," he said.

Sinaga is serving at least 40 years of jail time after being convicted of 159 sexual offences. The police believe that he had also targeted 200 men. In response to the punishment, Sinaga’s father said that his son got the punishment that “fits his crime”.