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Cassandra Morgan

Child rapist who claimed he was 'altruistic' jailed

A man will spend more than five years behind bars for raping an 11-year-old homeless girl. (Mal Fairclough/AAP PHOTOS)

A man who argued he was being "altruistic" when he took an 11-year-old girl homeless girl back to his place will spend more than five years behind bars for raping her.

Salmanul Abdullah was 31 years old and at a bus stop at Footscray in Melbourne's west when he met the girl, who told him she ran away from home in July 2022.

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