An X Factor contestant is facing jail after admitting to committing a string of rapes over a period of three decades. Phillip Blackwell, who was famed for his bizarre rendition of Spandau Ballet’s Gold on the ITV talent show, faces jail after the sexual offences, which took place across three different counties.
Serial sex attacker Blackwell, 55, appeared at Warwickshire Crown Court today to admit sexual offences against nine women in Cornwall, the West Midlands and Warwickshire over a 22-year period.
In each case, the women were walking alone in the early hours of the morning when they were attacked from behind, before being raped or subjected to other vile sexual offences.
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