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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matthew Cooper

Two Afghan asylum seekers aged 17 locked up after raping 15-year-old girl

Undated handout custody photos issued by Warwickshire Police of, Jan Jahanzeb (left) and Israr Niazal. A judge has lifted reporting restrictions protecting the identities of two Afghan asylum seekers aged 17 who carried out the “horrific” rape of a teenage girl. Warwick Crown Court was told Jahanzeb and Niazal led the highly-distressed 15-year-old victim into a “den-type” area in parkland in Leamington Spa where they attacked her. - (PA Media)

Two child asylum seekers from Afghanistan who abducted and raped a 15-year-old girl in parkland have been detained for ten and nine years respectively.

Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both aged 17, face possible deportation and were ordered to register as sex offenders after a court heard their victim was led away from friends and attacked.

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