An alleged serial rapist went on trial Monday in a Dutch court some 20 years after a slew of attacks on women, after being linked to the crimes in 2014 by a DNA test.

The 52-year old man is suspected of seven rapes and 16 other sexual assaults, but has only been charged with four rapes committed between 1995 to 2001 .

The suspect has been identified only as Gerard T. by Dutch media, and was apparently tracked down after he was tried for a 2014 bike theft and required to give a DNA sample.

In the first few months alone there were four rapes and six attempted assaults, the public broadcaster NOS said.

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