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Man pleads guilty to religiously aggravated rape in Walsall
Ashby admitted attacking the woman after following her from a bus, and prosecutors said he faces life imprisonment.
- On Tuesday, John Ashby pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to the religiously aggravated rape of a Sikh woman in Walsall, dramatically altering his plea midway through trial.
- Prosecutors alleged Ashby followed the victim off a bus and forced entry into her home last October, admitting he raped her 'because he thought she was Muslim.'
- During the attack, Ashby claimed to be a 'British master' while armed with a piece of wood, calling the victim a 'bloody Muslim bitch' and demanding she repeat his mantra.
- Justice Pepperall stated, 'I will be considering a life sentence,' while a spectator disrupted proceedings by confronting Ashby in the dock.
- Ashby, previously of Stockland Green, Birmingham, now faces life imprisonment; wearing a prison-issued tracksuit, he displayed no emotion as he learned of the potentially lengthy custodial sentence.
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The Independent (US)Man admits religiously aggravated rape of Sikh woman after he followed her home
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left, 44% Center
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- 45% of the sources lean Left, 44% of the sources are Center
45% Left
L 45%
C 44%
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