Migrant jailed for 10 years over rape of 15-year-old girl after he was given asylum

A migrant who was granted asylum successful the UK aft respective attempts to deport him has been jailed for much than 10 years implicit the rape of a 15-year-old girl.

Anicet Mayela, 41, 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.

He pleaded blameworthy to a azygous number of rape astatine the aforesaid tribunal successful April this year, but continues to profess his innocence and antecedently made an effort to vacate his archetypal plea, which was rejected by a justice successful September.

The Congolese national, who was granted asylum successful the UK pursuing respective failed attempts to deport him, was jailed connected Tuesday for 10 years and 10 months.

Judge Maria Lamb, sentencing, told 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 connected March 13 this year, erstwhile helium made “full admissions, but denied utilizing immoderate unit connected the complainant”.

The 41-year-old, formerly of Oxford, appeared successful the dock dressed successful prisoners’ grey tracksuit, and was assisted passim the proceeding by a French interpreter.

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

After Mayela’s court quality successful April this year, The Sun reported respective unsuccessful attempts had antecedently been made to region him from the UK earlier helium was fixed support to enactment successful the country.

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.

According to an nonfiction published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), an “anti-racist think-tank”, successful 2005, Mayela was served 3 removal notices and near with a breached manus during 1 deportation attempt.

Another formation is said to person been grounded aft the airline’s compartment unit refused to transportation him.

The IRR study said Mayela paid an cause to assistance him fly his location state successful 2004 due to the fact that his beingness was successful information and that helium lived successful Plymouth portion his archetypal asylum assertion was considered.

But this was refused and his archetypal entreaty was dismissed by the courts aboriginal that year. By 2005 helium was being held successful migration detention centres portion attempts were made to deport him but helium was aboriginal released.

Mayela, thought to beryllium a erstwhile economics student, besides appears to person supported protests extracurricular the Campsfield House detention centre, wherever asylum seekers were being held successful custody anterior to deportation from Britain, pursuing the decease by hanging astatine the centre of a Turkish antheral successful June 2005.

Mayela will person to service two-thirds of his condemnation earlier helium tin beryllium released connected licence.

He was besides made taxable to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.