Newspaper review: Night Stalker case widely reported

The conviction of the rapist known as the Night Stalker prompts several newspapers to question Scotland Yard's failure to catch him sooner.

The reminds its readers that police blunders allowed him to strike again and again, for an extra 10 years.

That meant he was free to attack another 146 victims, says the .

The , when Scotland Yard brought in one of its top homicide investigators.

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton, who led the successful hunt for the night stalker explained the methods used to finally catch him.

"DNA was an obsession,"

He told the paper he got 75 officers to stake-out a large area of south-east London until Grant entered their trap.

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Portugal can blame no-one but themselves for its failing economy, says the which believes Lisbon is still in economic denial.

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The Mail says many British taxpayers will find it extremely hard to understand why we should help.

It suggests Portugal's woes lie in its failure to implement the kind of austerity drive that has hit the UK.

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Coronation Street star Kym Marsh

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It concerns a private joke by the deputy prime minister to David Cameron about their apparent closeness that was picked up by a TV microphone.