JURORS in the trial of the man accused of being the Night Stalker have heard statements taken from victims of his alleged sex attacks.

Minicab driver Delroy Grant, of Brockley Mews, Brockley, is accused of carrying out a string of burglaries and sex attacks on elderly men and women who lived alone across south east London.

His alleged offences are said to have taken place at homes in Beckenham, Bromley, Orpington, Forest Hill, Shirley and Croydon between 1992 and 2009.

Today at Woolwich Crown Court the prosecution read out the statements of the first two victims, who have both now died.

Grant, aged 53, is alleged to have a burgled a bungalow in Shirley on October 13 in 1992 where he is accused of raping an 89-year-old widow, referred to as Mrs A.

In a statement read by Jonathan Laidlaw, prosecuting, Mrs A said: “I saw my bedroom door open slightly.

“As I took a closer look I saw a man appear. I said ‘What are you doing here?’ “He rushed to me and forced his black gloved hand over my mouth.

“He shouted at me ‘Be quiet’.

“I said ‘What do you want? Money?’ “I went to my brown handbag, opened my purse and gave him all the money I had in there. Two £10 notes and one £5 note.

“He grabbed my handbag and started to rummage through.

“He said ‘They told me you had a lot of money’. I said ‘no that’s all I’ve got’.

“I began to worry about what he was going to do to me. He wandered around the room.”

Mrs A then said how the man took out lightbulbs from her bedroom and hall and then pushed her back onto the bed.

She said: “He came up to me so he was directly in front of me.

“I shouted stop, leave me alone, I was trying to push him away from me.

“He held both sides of my face and started to kiss my cheeks.

“He then began to squeeze my face. I shouted ‘stop it please, you’re hurting me’.

“He then pressed his lips to my lips. He was trying to put his tongue into my mouth.

“He squeezed so hard he dislodged my false teeth.”

During the alleged rape Mrs A said she was “screaming” and told her attacker he was hurting her.

She then said he found the keys to her safe under her mattress which he opened and took £250 in notes from a brown wallet.

She said: “I was beginning to worry what he was going to do next. I had seen on television what people had done to old people. I was worried in case he was going to slash me.”

The court heard Grant took jewellery including gold chains and rings.

After her ordeal, the jury was told Mrs A tried to call her niece but discovered the phone line was dead.

She then left her home and made her way over to her niece’s house from where the police were called.

In a statement from Mrs A’s niece, she said: “This incident has undermined her confidence and made her much more anxious to the extent she came to live with me and my husband. She felt she couldn’t live alone.

“She was offered counselling but prefers not to talk about it. If I ever mention it she would clam up.”

Grant’s second set of alleged offences took place at the home of an 81-year-old woman, known as Mrs B, in Warlingham, Surrey, on September 5 in 1998.

He is accused of burglary, indecent assault and attempted rape.

The court heard Mrs B suffered chronic arthritis and needed a walking stick to move.

Recalling the attack, Mrs B said in her statement: “I woke up and there was a person standing over me, holding my shoulders roughly.

“I couldn’t see the person’s face because he was wearing a mask. The person said: ‘Where’s your money?’ “He put his hand over my mouth. I thought I was going to suffocate. I was panic stricken.

“He took his hand away, I said ‘I think you’re thoroughly mean. I’m 81 you know and the shock could do anything.

“He took hold of either side of my jaw and held it tightly so I couldn’t cry out. He was pretty vicious.”

She then described how he removed her underwear and pulled up her nightdress before attacking her.

In the statement she said: “I thought the worst was going to happen. By that I thought he was going to rape me.

“Next I felt him trying to pull my legs apart. It was incredibly painful due to my having chronic arthritis.

“My feet won’t go more than two feet apart.”

The court then heard how she feigned chest pains to make her attacker think she was seriously ill and that he would stop.

She said: “I was fearful he was going to finish me off.

“I was in no position to defend myself due to my age and infirmity.

“The assault was absolutely ghastly and I wanted to forget about it, however I have to live with the fear he may return.”

Grant denies 16 charges of burglary, two of attempted burglary, three rapes, one attempted rape, one sexual assault and six indecent assaults.

The trial continues.