It's something I'm still considering particularly as my female friend is no longer involved in that business. I just feel it would rile him up again and start it all over again. He grew up in care and has no family and since I told all our mutual friends about it he is a pariah. He left the area because of it. I fear he would kill me as he often told me he "has nothing to lose" and I can imagine he is bitter I told everyone about it. I also don't want to drag my friend who 'had a word with him' into it either, that could be a separate criminal matter in itself. That said, if I read in the news that he did all this to someone else the guilt would destroy me.I am so so sorry you had to deal with that, it sounds horrendous. Is there no way you could report him? I understand your concern about your friend but also I feel as though the world is in danger from a man like that.
To think, this is the man who always walked me home to make sure I was safe, as he did with his other female friends. When we went to gigs or festivals and pervy men bothered me whilst I was dancing he would stand behind me and scowl at them (he's a big bloke). I trusted him with my life.
Everyone thought he was a sweet, geeky gentleman but he was actually a monster.