Andrew Davies, the serial rapist known as the ‘Coronation Street Rapist’, has died in prison at the age of 69. Davies, who also used the names Andrew Barlow and Andrew Longmire, was serving 13 life sentences for a series of horrific sex crimes committed across northern England in the 1980s.
Davies died from natural causes on 28 February 2026 at HMP Moorland in Doncaster, a category C prison. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate the death, as is standard for all deaths in custody.
Davies was released in March 2023 after 34 years behind bars, but was recalled to prison just six weeks later for breaching his licence conditions. The Parole Board rejected his challenge to the recall in July 2024, stating he posed a ‘very high risk of a contact sexual offence’ and a ‘very high’ risk of serious harm.
One of his victims, raped at knifepoint in her own bed in 1987, told the Manchester Evening News: ‘It’s a relief... but it isn’t. I still relive what he did to me. It is a very difficult feeling to handle.’ A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘These were despicable crimes, and our thoughts remain with the victims of Andrew Davies.’
Davies’s release had previously sparked outrage among victims and their families, who fought to keep him locked up with support from MP Graham Stringer. Former Justice Minister Dominic Raab had also intervened, asking the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release Davies, describing his offences as ‘despicable’.
