Afghan asylum seeker found guilty of abducting and raping 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton...

[dutchman]

The jury has returned their verdict at Warwick Crown Court



An Afghan man has been found guilty of abducting, raping and taking an indecent video of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. A jury at Warwick Crown Court has this afternoon (February 10) found Ahmad Mulakhil, aged 23, guilty of one count of rape, one count of abduction and one count of taking indecent images of the girl in Cheverel Street last year.

The jury of seven men and five women found he was guilty of two counts of sexual assault of a child on July 22, 2025. But they said he was not guilty on another count of rape. Mulakhil had already admitted one count of rape.

Co-defendant Mohammad Kabir, 24, was found not guilty of all charges which included intentional strangulation, committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence and attempting to take a child.

The jury had spent seven hours and 39 minutes deliberating their verdicts following the trial at the crown court, which started on Thursday, February 5.

Her Honour Judge Kristina Montgomery, KC said that Kabir could be discharged into the care of the escort service 'to wherever it is that he is next to be held or reside, I know not which or ask not which'.

In relation to Mulkahil, the Judge said: "He will plainly receive a substantial custodial sentence, which will make him automatically liable for deportation as its conclusion."

His sentencing is due to take place in March.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/afghan-man-found-guilty-abducting-33392132

[dutchman]

Interestingly the words 'asylum seeker' do not appear anywhere in the Telegraph report even though it's the case!

[rebbonk]

Deportation! - Not the weasel words offered!

[dutchman]

What makes me think one of the accused turned Queen's evidence to avoid conviction himself?