Former Rotherham limo driver found guilty of abusing teen girls
David Saynor would ply his victims with alcohol, sometimes picking them up from care homes and schools
A former limousine driver has been found guilty of sexually abusing teenage girls in Rotherham.
David Saynor, 76, would collect victims - some as young as just 12 - from schools and care homes before attacking them in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
The National Crime Agency said he would ply them with alcohol, encouraged them to undress, and in some cases, raped and assaulted them.
Girls would be given money for cigarettes, food or occasionally drugs.
Saynor, who was living in Rotherham at the time, actively encouraged them to call him if they needed picking up from somewhere, and often told them to bring friends.
On one occasion he picked up one of his victims, who was aged only 12 or 13 at the time, and took them back to the yard where he stored his limousines.
He went on to rape her in an office building there.
One victim was abused repeatedly over a period of two years when she was 14 and 15 years old.
She recalled being picked up in her school uniform with groups of other girls, given alcohol, cigarettes and money.
On one occasion, when she was on her own, he raped her in the back of the limousine. Afterwards, he threatened to hurt her family if she told anyone.
Another victim, who was 16-years-old and in care at the time, was initially given a job by Saynor handing out leaflets for his company.
On one occasion she was driven to an area of Sheffield she didn't know and told to perform a sexual act on him or be left there, miles from home and with no means of getting back.
Saynor was arrested by the NCA in 2020 after numerous victims identified him.
Following a five week trial at Sheffield Crown Court he was found guilty of 15 charges relating to eight victims.
He will be sentenced on 15 August.
NCA Senior Investigating Officer Stuart Cobb said: "Saynor used his limousine company as a front for his grooming of teenage girls, gaining their trust and then abusing them.
"He was a manipulative predator who purposefully sought out those who were vulnerable or from troubled backgrounds, giving them gifts of money or alcohol to gain their trust.
"But this would often turn to intimidation and threats when girls went against his wishes.
"It took great courage from the victims in this case to come forward and tell their stories, and I pay tribute to them for doing so. I hope today's convictions demonstrate our determination to get justice for them, even after so many years."
Saynor is one of 34 people to be sentenced as part of Operation Stovewood, a long-running investigation into historic abuse in Rotherham.