'Stranger Followed Woman Home Then Raped Her because He Thought She Was Muslim'

'Stranger tracked woman home then raped her because he thought she was Muslim'

John Ashby, 32, is accused of following a Sikh woman home from Walsall town centre and raping her 'because he thought she was Muslim'

'Stranger followed woman home then raped her because he thought she was Muslim'

John Ashby, 32, is on trial accused of rape

Man denies rape after targeting woman and subjecting her to anti-Muslim abuse

A sex attacker subjected a stranger to racist and anti-Muslim abuse as he raped her at her home after identifying her as a target on a bus, a court has heard. Birmingham Crown Court was told the woman was attacked in Walsall, West Midlands, after John Ashby followed her on foot and entered her property, barging his way into her bathroom. Ashby, 32, of no fixed abode, denies rape, intentional strangulation, robbery and religiously aggravated assa…