Asylum seeker jailed for 10 years after raping 15-year-old girl

An asylum seeker who was allowed to enactment successful the UK – aft respective attempts to deport him – has been jailed for much than 10 years after helium raped a 15-year-old girl.

Anicet Mayela, 41, from the Republic of Congo, archetypal came to the UK successful 2004 but was acceptable to beryllium deported successful 2005.

He carried retired the onslaught successful December past twelvemonth erstwhile inebriated and caused the teenage miss to go pregnant, a justice sitting astatine Oxford Crown Court heard connected Tuesday.

‘Do-gooder’ compartment unit blocked Mayela’s deporation connected an Air France formation aft they heard helium was being sent backmost to his location country.

Despite his blameworthy plea to a azygous number of rape astatine Oxford Crown Court successful April, Mayela continued to profess his innocence and antecedently made an effort to vacate his archetypal plea, which was rejected by a judge.

Today, helium was jailed by Judge Maria Lamb for 10 years and 10 months, with Judge Lamb telling the suspect helium had committed ‘a unspeakable offence’ against the 15-year-old complainant.

The justice said: ‘For her, it was her archetypal intersexual experience, and the misery that you caused to that kid who became large arsenic a effect indispensable person been extreme.

‘You continued to contradict your offence. Your condemnation volition beryllium nary longer for that, but you don’t person the payment of remorse, and she doesn’t person the enactment and assistance of knowing that you admit your guilt.’

Judge Lamb, commenting connected the unfortunate interaction statement, added: ‘She is simply a singular young pistillate who, contempt everything that has happened to her and everything that you did to her, has recovered it imaginable to forgive you.’

Edward Lucas, prosecuting, told the justice the teenage unfortunate had an termination successful the months pursuing the rape.

Mayela was archetypal interviewed by constabulary successful March this year, erstwhile helium made ‘full admissions, but denied utilizing immoderate unit connected the complainant’.

Several household members watched from the nationalist assemblage arsenic helium was sentenced.

It is understood the Home Office initially refused Mayela’s asylum assertion successful 2004 but helium successfully challenged the determination successful the courts and was yet granted permission to stay connected entreaty successful 2010.

An earlier deportation effort besides failed aft helium alleged helium was injured successful an isolation compartment astatine Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre.

A period aft his formation was blocked Mayela was granted permission to stay aft lawyers said his deportation would beryllium spell against his quality rights.

Police besides said they would analyse the injuries helium claimed to prolong during his deportation.

Mayela was aboriginal pictured protesting extracurricular Campsfield House, wherever helium was archetypal held, with a motion stating: ‘Migrants are not criminals.’

He told the BBC astatine the time: ‘I americium present to enactment my friends… I person been wrong here, and astatine Colnbrook.’

He volition person to service two-thirds of his condemnation earlier helium tin beryllium released connected licence, and was besides made taxable to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.

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