How safe are you from sexual predators online?

Rapist Patrick Nevin attacked three women he met on Tinder, but a criminal background check of every user of a dating app would be arduous, writes Joyce Fegan.

How safe are you from sexual predators online?

Rapist Patrick Nevin attacked three women he met on Tinder, but a criminal background check of every user of a dating app would be arduous, writes Joyce Fegan.

This week, serial rapist Patrick Nevin was jailed for 12 years. He used the popular dating app Tinder to meet unsuspecting women and carried out three sex attacks in just 11 days. There have been calls to ban sex offenders from dating apps.

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