Fresh police inquiry into rapist nurse who saved thousands of women’s dating app details
Police launched a new investigation against the rapist nurse who saved thousands of women’s information from dating apps. Independent can reveal.
John Chukwunonso Iwuh (54), of South Norwood, Croydon, used his job as a psychiatric nurse to gain the trust of his victim, whom he met on the dating app Hinge, before luring her to his home and raping her after she rejected his proposal in June 2022.
He was initially sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of rape and voyeurism in July last year. Independent. At the time, the Metropolitan Police had urged other potential victims to come forward after officers found almost 11,000 contacts on his phone; About 60 percent of these were recorded as a woman’s name and the name of a dating app.
Now police have confirmed they are investigating further crimes Iwuh allegedly committed.
In an update Independent, police said: “A number of additional reports were made to police following the conviction of John Chukwunoso Iwuh in 2025. These are currently being considered.
“We continue to encourage any surviving victims to contact us or their local law enforcement.”
During the sentencing hearing, it was revealed that Iwuh also faces four separate allegations, three of which are rape, and that these are being investigated separately. The court heard they involved separate victims and the offenses were alleged to have been committed in 2019, 2007 and 2022.
Detective Inspector Sharad Verma, of the Southern Regional Command Unit, said at the sentencing: “We believe there may be more victims targeted by Iwuh under the same circumstances and we urge them to contact us or their local police force.”
The court heard Iwuh had been an NHS mental health nurse for ten years and had also served as a priest.
In August last year, Independent It revealed that Iwuh was free to work with patients for more than a year while she was under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the UK’s nursing regulator, for failing to suspend her from duty when the force first became aware of the allegations.
The watchdog admitted he did not act quickly enough to remove Iwuh after he was notified of the allegations. Two hospital trusts he worked for launched their own investigations after the incident. Independent He informed them of his conviction. Both trusts have been contacted for comment.
Those who wish to report Iwuh are asked to contact the police by calling 101.
