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BBC's Crimewatch staged a reconstruction of one of the serial rapist's attempted attacks in January 2000 (Image: BBC Crimewatch)
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What we know about the 'Batman rapist' who attacked women in Bath
It is Britain's longest-running serial rape investigation and remains unsolved
''Nicknamed the "Batman Rapist", the man is known to have committed at least 17 sexual assaults in Bath and Kingswood between 1991 and 2000.
Avon and Somerset Police launched several high profile appeals on BBC's Crimewatch, sent 25,000 leaflets to residents in Bath and surrounding areas and even DNA tested up to 2,000 men.
The investigation, codenamed Operation Eagle, has been described as one of the most complicated and protracted investigations the force had ever undertaken and is Britain's longest-running serial rape investigation.''
''He was known to target woman in their cars, often at knife point, drive them to a quiet area to attack them before returning the victim where she was found.
The BBC reports some of his victims were "forced to wear tights and were blindfolded with a hairband".
As part of Operation Eagle, police officers sent 25,000 leaflets to addresses in the BA1 and BA2 postcode areas in October 2000.
Avon and Somerset Police asked residents to recall if any of the men they knew matched most of these characteristics:
- a white male
- of slim or medium build
- aged between 30 and 50
- knows the Bath area well, and has some connection with Bristol, particularly the Kingswood area, and can drive a car.
- he has a tights fetish and he could get his sexual partner to wear tights which he may rip during intercourse
- he sometimes wears a baseball cap
- he has aroused suspicion with absences from home during the evening and early hours of the morning