City rapist 'should have been deported 3 years ago'

[dutchman]

An immigrant has been jailed for a brutal rape – just three years after a judge ordered he should be kicked out of the country for another crime.

Abdikarim Abbas Abdisamad, originally from Somalia, befriended a 24-year-old woman in a city nightclub in September last year claiming he had just lost his job and felt down on his luck.

Feeling sorry for him, she invited him back to her home in Stoke, Coventry, where he launched the sickening attack, raping her twice and beating her so severely she suffered 17 separate injuries.

On Monday he was jailed for ten years following a trial at Coventry Crown Court.

But during the hearing, it emerged that Abdisamad, aged 33, was already a convicted criminal – and a judge had ordered his deportation back in 2009 when he was jailed for the unspecified offence.

Because of his immigration status and a civil war in his homeland, he remained.

Now the Home Office say they are working to finally deport him.

Abdisamad, who gave the court an address in London but used to live in Wood End, was in the country on a working visa.

The Home Office say that to deport a criminal, certain criteria needed to be met and in Abdisamad’s case that didn’t happen.

They wouldn’t say what part of his immigration status prevented his removal.

A spokesman added: “We always seek to remove foreign offenders convicted of a serious crime once they have been punished.

“That is why we removed more than 4,500 of them last year.

“Removal can be a challenging process and we have to operate within the law.”

Abdisamad’s victim suffered a broken cheekbone and several deep cuts, requiring stitches after the attack.

He was arrested in October after police used items left in his victim’s home to trace him to a location in London.

Det Con Sunita Sharma, from Coventry Public Protection Unit, investigated the case.

She said: “To see this man be given such a long custodial sentence is extremely satisfying for both his victim, and those of us who have investigated the case and supported her throughout.

“The young lady thought he was a genuine guy, down on his luck and unaware of what fate lay in store.

“She has been left afraid to stay in her own home and unable to trust her own judgement or any man again.

“I hope this sentence offers some relief to the victim, and we admire her courage in speaking up to bring her attacker to justice.”

Abdisamad, who admitted one count of rape but was found not guilty of another, was also put on the sex offender’s register for life.

A count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm was ordered to lie on file.