Afghan Asylum Seeker Jailed for Raping and Abducting 12-Year-Old Girl

An Afghan asylum seeker who abducted a 12-year-old girl and filmed himself as he raped her has been jailed for 15 years.

Ahmad Mulakhil was found guilty of rape, child abduction, taking an indecent video and two counts of sexual assault last month. Mulakhil admitted a second count of rape before his trial began.

The 23-year-old’s attacks in July triggered large-scale anti-asylum protests in Nuneaton, Warwickshire last summer, in which protesters marched along the town’s high street holding St George’s cross and union flags, chanting slogans that urged the far right to unite. A handful of participants wore clothing bearing Nazi imagery.

Passing sentence at Warwick crown court on Friday, Judge Kristina Montgomery KC said the victim continued to suffer trauma responses and medical issues since the attack.

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Mulakhil was told he would serve 15 years in prison and an extra 12 months on licence.

Defending Mulakhil, who came to the UK on a small boat four months before the offences last July, Marcus Harry said the defendant arrived in the UK when he was 22 after fleeing Afghanistan.

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