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Afghan asylum seeker jailed for abducting and raping 12-year-old
Ahmad Mulakhil, convicted of multiple child sexual offences including rape and abduction, faces a substantial custodial sentence and automatic deportation, the judge said.
- On Friday, Her Honour Judge Kristina Montgomery KC sentenced Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, to 15 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, with an additional 12 months on license.
- Judge Montgomery noted Mulakhil "targeted" the girl, who was left "distressed" after the attack; a jury convicted him of rape, child abduction, and taking indecent images of the child.
- Mulakhil claimed he believed the victim was 19, but the judge stated there was "no doubt that you knew she was aged under 16." Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft called his blame "stomach-churning."
- Large-Scale protests erupted in Nuneaton after the attack, and a political row followed when police did not initially disclose Mulakhil's status as an asylum seeker to the public.
- Mulakhil, who arrived in the UK four months before the offences, will face automatic deportation liability upon completing his sentence, which the judge said "renders you automatically liable for deportation at its conclusion.
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Afghan Immigrant Raped 12-Year-Old Girl in Britain, Attacked Her While She Was Playing on the Swings
23-year-old Ahmad Mulahil was sentenced to 15 years in prison, see video of the moment he approaches the minor and asks her age shortly before the attack
Channel Migrant Jailed for Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
An Afghan asylum seeker who crossed the Channel in a small boat has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, carried out the attack just four months after arriving in the UK, targeting the schoolgirl before luring her into a secluded cul-de-sac where he repeatedly assaulted her. During a 10-day trial at Warwick Crown Court, jurors heard how Mulakhil filmed the attack on…
Last year, the arrest led to demonstrations in Nuneaton. The police initially did not disclose that it involved an asylum seeker.
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