A TikTok rapper who has been dubbed the 'Camden Doorstep Rapist' after attacking  six lone women at knifepoint during a two-year reign of terror in north London is facing jail after being convicted for multiple rapes.   

Using knives and a hammer to terrify the women aged 20 to 32 into submission Francis Mukendi, 27, forced his victims on doorsteps and in communal stairwells to perform sex acts on him. 

The rapper who goes by the name 'Raver Artist' ambushed the women as they were walking home alone at night in the Camden area between September 2017 and December 2019.

Wood Green Crown Court was told how Mukendi assaulted his first victim in September 2017 by waiting for her by a doorway, telling her to get down on her knees and putting a knife on her neck. 

The woman described feeling terrified as she was forced to perform oral sex on Mukendi as he pressed a knife to her throat before her flatmate opening her front door and scared the 'doorstep rapist' away.  

When an image of a suspect was released to media, pts terbaik sumatera he handed himself in on 21 December 2020, hoping to be eliminated from investigation by the police.    

But Mukendi was found guilty of four counts of rape, three of attempted rape, two of sexual assault and four of possession of a bladed article by a jury at Wood Green Crown Court after denying being the 'doorstep rapist'. 

He did admit possession of an extreme pornographic image in relation to a video found on his MacBook. 

Judge Andrew Holmes told the court how Mukendi assaulted his first victim in September 2017. 

The female victim entered the hallway of her block of flats and when she turned to close the door she saw a man standing in the doorway

'He told her to get down on her knees,' Judge Holmes said.

'She said no but she did get down. She asked, why are you doing this?

'He put a knife to her neck.

She thought it had come from his back pocket. It had a long, curved blade.'

The woman described feeling terrified as she was forced to perform oral sex on the friend as he pressed a knife to her throat.

When her flatmate came home the attacker ran away.

Police later searched Mukendi's flat and found a MacBook under his bed. 

They delved into the laptop's trash can and recovered a video clip of a woman weeping as she was being raped in a hallway.

An information systems expert for the police said the video's metadata showed it had been recorded on September 21, 2017 at 12.33am.

Internet history showed it had been downloaded to the laptop on November 5, 2018.

Other data showed the video had been deleted and sent to the trash can 85 seconds after it was downloaded.

When asked about the video, Mukendi said he had first seen it in 2017 on a phone he had bought from a friend for £40 worth of drugs.

'He did not think much of it, it was two people getting intimate,' said Judge Holmes.

'It was not unusual in his world to download pornography.

'When he saw the video he had the sound turned off and didn't realise it was a rape video. He said he didn't know how it came to be on the laptop.

'He said he put the video in the trashcan because it wasn't interesting to him as he wasn't in it.'

Judge Holmes also described how another woman was targeted after coming home from a night out.

She first noticed her attacker on the stairs after she had entered her block of flats.

He asked her how she was and pleaded with her to kiss him.

'She thought it was just harassing so she said yeah, I have to go home, I live on the fourth floor,' said Judge Holmes.

'He pushed her against the wall.

She wanted to say hey what are you doing but he showed her a kitchen knife.

'She wanted to cry and said please don't hurt me. He said shut up, go on your knees. Then he said 'now suck my d**k' and took down his pants.

'She didn't want to fight back because of the knife.'

He then made her perform a sex act.

Mukendi claimed he was in the Camden area dealing drugs, selling up to 60 wraps of cocaine a night.

A zombie knife and a lock knife believed to be used in the attacks were also recovered from his home address. 

Jurors were shown a music video Mukendi had made under the name Raver Artist in which he is waving weapons around.

He said he only used the knives because they look cool and said he has never taken them out of the house as he is well known and respected in Islington.

In a statement he prepared before handing himself in Mukendi, of Finsbury Park Road, said: 'I did not commit this rape.

I did not see any rape and I was not aware of any rape.

'I was not aware that any offence had been committed until I was referred to in a news article.

'I sometimes frequent the area to see friends and I also used to see my ex-girlfriend there.'

He denied all charges including four counts of rape, three of attempted rape, two of sexual assault and four of possession of a bladed article

He admitted possession of an extreme pornographic image in relation to the video found on his MacBook.

Detective Constable Stacey Smith, of Central North BCU said: 'Mukendi is an extremely dangerous offender who targeted these women as they walked home alone in the dark. 

'He waited for the most opportune of moments before making his attacks. 

'His actions have left these women traumatised by what has happened to them.

'I would like to thank them for coming forward and supporting the police investigation; also for providing crucial evidence which led to this conviction and has ensured Mukendi cannot subject anyone else to such horrific attacks.' 

Mukendi will be sentenced on a date to be confirmed.