Predator on the Common: The Conviction of Rocco Minafra
In this episode of A True Crime Podcast, host Alexander Lawson examines the chilling case of Rocco Minafra, a 46-year-old Italian national and sous chef living in Tonbridge, Kent. On the night of October 18, 2025, Minafra prowled the streets of Tunbridge Wells on an e-bike before targeting a vulnerable 17-year-old girl walking home alone.
What began with compliments quickly turned into a calculated, horrific attack on Tunbridge Wells Common — involving rape, multiple sexual assaults, and a deadly threat to silence his victim. Despite his claims of consent, DNA evidence and the survivor’s…
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