An Afghan citizen who had applied for asylum in the United Kingdom was convicted after raping and filming a girl.
His defense alleged that he fled Afghanistan after problems with the Taliban and that he planned to study economics in the United Kingdom, but these arguments did not mitigate the seriousness of the events. The case generated strong local protests and political controversy when Warwickshire police initially refused to reveal the detainee's nationality and asylum seeker status, citing national guidelines
Only after criticism from figures such as Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, and the leader of the county council, were the guidelines modified to allow for the disclosure of this information in high-profile cases. After the sentence, Chief Detective Collette O'Keefe, responsible for the investigation, praised the victim's “extraordinary courage” and noted that no punishment can erase the trauma suffered, but she hopes that the conviction will mark the beginning
of her recovery.This case has once again highlighted the risks associated with the massive arrival of asylum seekers of Islamic origin, predominantly young men, without adequate integration or rigorous controls.
Mulakhil represents a clear example of how British hospitality can be cruelly abused by individuals who, in a few months, go from benefiting from the asylum system to committing one of the most serious crimes against a vulnerable girl.The Nuneaton community reacted with justified indignation to an attack that violates the basic values of protecting the weakest. While some sectors try to describe the protests as “political exploitation”, the reality is that a British minor paid the price of a lax immigration policy with her innocence and security
.Mulakhil was tried alongside another Afghan asylum seeker, Mohammad Kabir, who was acquitted of all charges. The convicted person will now face years in prison at the expense of the British taxpayer before being deported, a measure that many consider insufficient given the magnitude of the damage caused
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A 23-year-old Afghan national, Ahmad Mulakhil, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison plus 12 months on probation for the kidnapping and brutal rape of a 12-year-old girl that occurred in July last year in this town in Warwickshire, central England.
Judge Kristina Montgomery KC, of Royal Warwick County, stated that Mulakhil showed “the highest level of guilt” in assaulting the minor. According to the sentence, the convict met the victim in a park, asked her age and, although she lied that she was 19 years old, her reaction of disbelief and the jury's verdict made it clear that he knew perfectly well that he was
under 16 years old.Mulakhil kidnapped the girl, took her to a secluded, dark place and raped her on at least two occasions. One of the charges for rape of a child under 13 years of age was previously admitted by the defendant and the other for which he was convicted after trial, was sexual assault and then video recording the attack
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The victim reported that the assailant laughed while raping her, a detail that the judge described as especially cruel. After the attack, she was left alone in the dark of the park, deeply traumatized, with persistent psychological damage and constant fear. During the reading of the sentence, Mulakhil remained impassive, showing no emotion while listening through
an interpreter.The judge also imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and a perpetual restraining order with respect to the victim. The sentence reaches the threshold for automatic deportation once served. Mulakhil had arrived in the United Kingdom just four months before the attack, crossing the English Channel in a small
