A cross-dresser was arrested yesterday over the rape of two women in their own homes, in attacks almost 11 years apart.

In both assaults, the attacker was dressed in women’s clothing and tied up his victims before subjecting them to a terrifying ordeal.

When police held the accused, a construction worker in his 50s surnamed Wang, in May, they found women’s clothing and wigs in his home.

Wang has been arrested over the rape of a pregnant woman in Songjiang District in April, said the Songjiang Procuratorate yesterday.

During investigations after he was first held, Wang was linked to the rape of a woman in Baoshan District in 2003.

He has also been arrested in connection with this attack, said prosecutors.

In April, Wang, wearing a black wig and a woman’s white hat and beige coat, got into a woman’s home after she left the door open while fetching water, according to prosecutors.

The woman, who was four months pregnant at the time, begged the attacker not to hurt her or touch her belly, telling him that she was pregnant.

But she was tied up and blindfolded, beaten and raped, said prosecutors.

Afterward, Wang demanded money and also took away her underwear and mobile phone, according to prosecutors.

The woman alerted police, and Wang was held at a construction site in Dongjing Town.

At his home, police found a collection of women’s wigs and women’s underwear and other clothing, said prosecutors.

Wang reportedly said he had bought some of the items and had stolen others from washing lines. He is said to have told officers that he was addicted to cross-dressing.

Investigations linked Wang to the rape of another woman 11 years ago.

In November 2003, he is said to have followed a woman to her home in Songnan Town in Baoshan District, while wearing a wig and women’s clothing.

According to prosecutors, he tied, gagged, raped and took photographs of the woman, before stealing money.

Wang is said to have told investigators that women were less wary of someone following them who appeared to be another woman.

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