He joined up as a Pc, but saw the graphic art opportunity and knew it was right for him, like this e-fit self portrait. Tony has interviewed at least 2,000 people from all backgrounds, all either victims or witnesses to crime.
It was this work that snared a 28-year-old McCann in January 2017 after a vicious rape in Victoria Park when he attacked a woman just hours before marrying his pregnant fiancée. He was jailed for a minimum nine years after pleading guilty in court to three rapes as well as robbery.
But it wasn’t the first long spell inside. McCann was just 17 when he tortured and raped a woman in Mile End Park in 2006 after dragging her down a slope by the lake. He got a life sentence but was out in 2015 and soon returned to his life of violence against women, and became the subject of Tony Barnes’ e-fit skills.