An Afghan asylum seeker who abducted, raped and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl has been sent to prison for 15 years.
Ahmad Mulakhil was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on Friday for the Nuneaton, Warwickshire attack.
During his trial, Mulakhil’s victim said he laughed while attacking her last summer.
He was found guilty in February of rape and two counts of sexual assault.
He admitted a further rape charge before his trial.
Jurors at Warwick Crown Court also convicted Mulakhil of child abduction and of taking an indecent video of the girl during her ordeal.
The incident sparked protests in Nuneaton.
Jurors at a 10-day trial were told that Mulakhil arrived in the UK four months before the rapes and had made an immigration application linked to “problems” he had experienced in Afghanistan.
The trial was not told that Mulakhil arrived in Britain by small boat.
Judge Kristina Montgomery KC earlier said of him: “He will plainly receive a substantial custodial sentence which will automatically make him liable for deportation at its conclusion.”
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