MAN RAPED GIRL, 15, WHO TRIED TO FIGHT HIM OFF – NOW HE IS ON-THE-RUN
A man who raped a 15-year-old girl is currently on the run.Aland Ahmed, 23, has been jailed for nine years in absence after carrying the girl into a bedroom and subjecting her to sexual violence at a flat in Nottingham in 2022.
Nottingham Crown Court heard how he fled the country being arrested and charged.
Ahmed was tried in absentia and convicted of a single charge of rape, NottinghamshireLive reports.
Sentencing, Judge Steven Coupland said: "He was 19 at the time and is still only 23 now and the delay in this case is entirely down to him because of his initial denials of the offence and then him absenting himself.
He chose not to attend the court, breached his bail and hasn’t been seen for some 21 months." "She had only turned 15 and it is plain she did not want to have sex with him as she physically resisted him.
As a result of this he physically carried her into a bedroom where, despite her protestations he raped her for some five to ten minutes without using a condom." "He only stopped when someone else in the flat disturbed them and she was noticed to be crying hysterically.
She then had to relive what happened in a video interview and then at the trial when his denials had to be put to her, despite him not attending or being here for that trial." "I have read her victim impact statement in which she says as a result of what happened she turned to drugs and drink which ruined her relationship with her family and led to her now living in supported accommodation.
She now suffers from complex PTSD, has trouble trusting people and is unable to sleep.
It is clear there is severe psychological harm in this case." In addition to the jail term, the judge put Ahmed, of Highbury Road, on the sex offender register for life.
Nick Corsellis KC told how the teenager tried to fight off Ahmed when he "made advances on her" inside the flat.
He said: "She resisted him but he carried her into a bedroom where she was forcefully raped and his DNA was found in her underwear.
After being charged and appearing at the magistrates' court he then absented himself and is believed to be out of the country." "As a result he did not attend his trial, there is no pre-sentence report and very little is known about him.
In her victim impact statement she talks of abusing drugs and drink as a result of what happened and being ostracised by her family although she is improving over time." "When he is eventually arrested he will serve two-thirds of the nine-year sentence."
