Police have launched a fresh probe into a rapist nurse who saved thousands of women’s details from dating apps, The 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, who he had met on the dating app Hinge, before luring her to his home and raping her after she rejected his advances in June 2022.
He was jailed in July last year for 16 years after being found guilty of rape and voyeurism, as first reported by The Independent. At the time, the Metropolitan Police urged other potential victims to come forward after officers found almost 11,000 contacts on his phone – around 60 per cent of which were saved in the format of a woman’s name and the name of a dating app.
Now, the force has confirmed it is looking into other alleged offences by Iwuh.
In an update to The Independent, the force said: “Following the conviction of John Chukwunoso Iwuh in 2025, a number of additional reports have been made to police. These are now being assessed.
“We continue to urge any victim-survivors to contact us or their local police force.”
During his sentencing hearing, it emerged that Iwuh was also facing four other allegations, three of rape, which are being investigated separately. They relate to separate victims and the offences are alleged to have happened in 2019, 2007 and 2022, the court heard.
At the time of his sentencing, Detective Inspector Sharad Verma, from the South Area Command Unit, said: “We believe there may be more victims out there, targeted by Iwuh under the same circumstances, and urge them to contact us or their local police force.”
The court heard that Iwuh had been practising as an NHS mental health nurse for a decade and had also been a priest.
In August last year, The Independent revealed that Iwuh had been free to work with patients for more than a year while under investigation because the UK’s nursing regulator, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, did not suspend him when it was first made aware of allegations from the police force.
The watchdog admitted it did not act quickly enough to suspend Iwuh after it was told of the allegations. Two hospital trusts where he worked launched inquiries of their own after The Independent made them aware of his conviction. Both trusts have been approached for comment.
Anyone who wants to make a report relating to Iwuh is urged to contact the police by calling 101.
