Attempts to reach Khairzad for this story were unsuccessful.

The Plenty of Fish profile says, "Wants to date but nothing serious." Interests include "having some drinks" although that is a violation of Khairzad's conditions and lists him as having a car although he is prohibited from driving because the rapes took place in his cars.

"I saw his face and I felt sick," says a woman whom Khairzad contacted through Plenty of Fish.

The woman, who does not want her name published out of fear for her safety, says she and Khairzad once had the same circle of friends. She followed his high-profile rape case closely.

The note he sent her Wednesday asked if she'd like to meet. She believes he does not remember her from years ago.

But she remembers him.

"I blocked him and reported him to Plenty of Fish. My concern is that women are going to be raped."

Jan. 22, 2014, a profile for afgstylz with a photo of Khairzad appeared on another dating site called RateMyBody. "I'm kind, mature and I know what I want in life," it says.

On Disabled Dating Canada, afgstylz says he has epilepsy and is a "friendly, down to earth guy who is new to this."

Six years ago, Khairzad cruised the streets of Hamilton picking up sex workers. He was, his victims would later testify, handsome and polite. They got into his car and drove to dark parking lots.

Then he attacked.

He raped one woman four times before she got free.

The five-month string of assaults ended in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 11, 2009. A police officer saw a man and woman arguing in a car. When he pulled them over, the terrified woman said she had been raped. Khairzad, a 25-year-old Mohawk College student, was arrested.

Later that night, police got a call from another sex worker. A man had attacked her earlier. The licence plate she gave matched Khairzad's. A third woman came forward with another plate number, registered to another member of Khairzad's immediate family.

Six sex workers came forward and Khairzad was charged with three counts of choking, one count of assault, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of forced anal intercourse, one count of threatening and three counts of forcible confinement.

Unbelievably, he got bail.

That's when I met him.

I went to Khairzad's home and interviewed him.

Khairzad told me this: "I'm not a bad person at all. Things happen to people. They can't control their situation. People make mistakes. No one's perfect. Nothing will happen again."

When I pressed him on what his "mistake" was, he answered: "Making the mistake of dealing with those types of people. Sex trade workers. They're all druggies."

After my column on Khairzad was published, his bail was revoked and he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting four women.

Court heard he is a sadist who gets pleasure from inflicting pain.

Dec. 8, 2009, he was sentenced to four years and four months.

That was the last time I saw Khairzad. Just before he was led away, he addressed the court.

"I am deeply sorry for the distress I have caused. This will never happen again."

Susan Clairmont’s commentary appears regularly in The Spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com

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