Daily Mail
April 24, 2014
An illegal immigrant dragged a teenage girl with learning difficulties from the streets and raped her in his home – a month after a warrant had been issued to have him deported.
Hamidullah Hamidi, 19, tempted his ‘extremely vulnerable’ 14-year-old victim from outside a shop in Bristol by offering her money.
He took the girl – who has a mental age of seven – to a deserted street before dragging her home, locking her inside and raping her, a court heard.
Hamidi has now been jailed for six years after admitting one count of rape at Bristol Crown Court.
The court heard that Hamidi, an Afghan national, fled his home country as a child to avoid fighting for the Taliban and was raised by a foster family in Britain.
He was given limited leave to stay in the country, which he exceeded, leading to a warrant being issued to have him deported.
Hamidi was supposed to leave the UK last November, but was still in the country on December 8 when the attack took place.
Judge Michael Longman said that Hamidi would serve half his prison sentence before being deported.
Sentencing, he said: ‘Your victim was just 14 at the time when you raped her. She was plainly an extremely vulnerable girl.
‘You saw her in the shop and left and waited for her to come out. You offered her money as a lure and she accompanied you.
‘You led her physically to your home address where you locked her in and raped her. When she was able to leave and make off, you followed her until you were stopped from doing so. You caused her severe psychological harm.’
The court was told Hamidi’s victim suffers from significant learning difficulties and intellectually functions at the level of a seven-year-old child.