Woman is ‘gang raped in churchyard by group of men’ as police launch urgent probe into ‘horrific’ crime
Women's Safety Watch Volume 4
Headlines this week include:
Woman is ‘gang raped in churchyard by group of men’ as police launch urgent probe into ‘horrific’ crime
Paedophile ex-school teacher jailed for 15 years as police appeal for victims to come forward
Student overstayer jailed for raping girl, 12
‘My childhood was taken away from me by these men’
Man accused of murdering mum and three kids in fire dies in custody
Woman raped by group of men in churchyard
Man denies giving girl cocaine and raping her
‘I cannot trust anyone now’ – the words from a survivor of Rape
Man jailed after attempting to rape woman in Derby
Teenager jailed after ‘abhorrent’ series of sexual assaults - London
Woman is ‘gang raped in churchyard by group of men’ as police launch urgent probe into ‘horrific’ crime
Reported 28 September, Source: The Daily Mail
Police have launched an urgent probe after a woman was gang raped at a churchyard by a group of men.
The woman in her 30s was raped at St Mary’s Church’s churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas in the town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A woman is believed to have tried to help the victim during the ‘horrific crime‘, Thames Valley Police said.
Paedophile ex-school teacher jailed for 15 years as police appeal for victims to come forward
Reported 27 September, Source: The Standard
A former teacher who posed as a teenage boy to befriend young girls online —before luring them into an in-person meeting and subsequently sexually assaulting them, has been jailed for 15 years.
Between 2019 and 2023, Syed Shahreear Ahmed, 37, of Mossford Lane, Barkingside, targeted six girls aged between 13 and 15 online, creating and sending indecent images.
Student overstayer jailed for raping girl, 12
Reported 19 September, Source: The BBC
Wisal Ahmad, 30, had been studying in Scotland, but after running out of funds he ended up working in Bradford where he befriended the girl on social media, a court heard.
When Ahmad, of Belle Vue, Manningham, found out she was 12, he told her to keep their messages secret and began sending taxis to bring her to his home where he sexually assaulted her.
‘My childhood was taken away from me by these men’
Reported 29 September, Source: Manchester Evening News
Tributes were paid to the ‘extraordinary courage’ of two women who were raped and abused as children in Rochdale, as they laid bare the horrendous consequences of their ordeals.
Girl A and Girl B, as they are known, gave emotional statements at a sentencing hearing where seven men are due to face justice for their crimes against the girls. Girl A said the abuse had ‘destroyed’ her life, while Girl B said she had felt ‘shame and guilt all my life’ for what her abusers did to her.
Man accused of murdering mum and three kids in fire dies in custody
Reported 26 September, Source: Manchester Evening News
Mohammed Shabir was due to stand trial later this year with two other defendants
Woman raped by group of men in churchyard
Reported 28 September, Source BBC News
A woman has been raped by a group of men in a churchyard in Banbury.
The woman, in her 30s, was attacked in the grounds of St Mary’s Church and the surrounding area of the town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning, Thames Valley Police said.
Man denies giving girl cocaine and raping her
Reported 29 September, Source BBC News
A man has denied raping or supplying drugs to a teenage girl, or taking her to a flat where she was raped by multiple men as part of gang, saying: “It never happened.”
Codrin Dura, 27, is one of six men who have denied offences against six girls, aged between 13 and 16, in Gateshead between 2015 and 2019.
Newcastle Crown Court was previously told Mr Dura had driven the 15-year-old girl to a flat where she was given cocaine, wine and vodka before being abused by several men.
‘I cannot trust anyone now’ – the words from a survivor of Rape
Reported 24 September, Source West Yorkshire Police
A 12 year old girl who was groomed and raped has told the court she ‘cannot trust anyone’ after being abused.
At Bradford Crown Court on Friday 19 September Wisal Ahmad aged 30 of Belle Vue, Bradford was sentenced to 21 years, 17 of which will be custodial and 4 on licence after admitting to 12 offences including rape and sexual assault.
Ahmed groomed the 12 years old and, on several occasions, took her from her home to his address.
Man jailed after attempting to rape woman in Derby
Reported 23 September, Source Derbyshire Police
A man has been jailed after he followed a young woman out of a Derby fast food restaurant and attempted to rape her.
Ivan Godla spotted the woman in the McDonalds.
The 24-year-old then followed her down Portland Street before trying to speak to her and exposing himself.
The woman carried on walking and crossed the road to get away from Godla, but he continued to follow her before pushing her to the ground and trying to rape her.
Teenager jailed after ‘abhorrent’ series of sexual assaults - London
Reported 15 September, Source British Transport Police
Hadi Al Koumi, 18, of Bideford Avenue, Ealing, was sentenced on Friday (12 September) at Isleworth Crown Court to 4 years and 8 months after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault and was found guilty of a further sexual assault carried out over a two-day period.
An 18-year-old who sickeningly and opportunistically sexually assaulted four women over three days on the transport network has been jailed, following a British Transport Police investigation.
Hadi Al Koumi, 18, of Bideford Avenue, Ealing, was sentenced on Friday (12 September) at Isleworth Crown Court to 4 years and 8 months after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault and was found guilty of a further sexual assault carried out over a two-day period.
He was also handed a 6-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a life-long signature on the Sex Offenders Register.
The court heard how, on 6 August 2024, at around 5.15pm, the first victim – a woman in her 30s – was at St John’s Wood underground station when her train arrived. As she went to board, Al Koumi crouched down behind her and sexually assaulted her, before running away.
Two days later, on 8 August, the second victim – a woman in her 30s – was at Green Park underground station at around 2.40pm when her train arrived. Al Koumi then walked up behind her and sexually assaulted her. As the victim turned to look at him, he walked away, before looking back to her and winking at her.
Less than two hours later at 4.20pm, the third victim - a woman in her 40s - was at East Acton underground station was distracted by her phone. Again, Al Koumi approached the victim from behind and sexually assaulted her.
Then, later that day at around 11.15pm, a fourth victim, a woman in her 30s, was on board a train between Greenford and Perivale station when she was approached by Al Koumi, who attempted to engage her in conversation. The victim politely asked him to leave her alone, to which he persisted. After telling him again, he stood up, as did she, and he sexually assaulted her. The victim managed to throw a glass at him as the doors opened and she left the train, before calling 999.
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That’s horrible this guy should be arrested and kicked out of the country