Asylum seeker who groomed and raped girl, 13, jailed

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Abdul Khan arrived in the UK in 2015, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

2015 year · Khan's arrival in UK

Abdul Khan faces automatic deportation to Afghanistan after he has served two thirds of his sentence, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

2 thirds · portion of sentence to be served

Abdul Khan was jailed for nine and a half years and convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child.

9.5 years · jail sentence2 counts · rape convictions1 counts · sexual activity with a child conviction

The trial of Abdul Khan lasted four days, and Khan is believed to be 28 years old.

4 days · trial duration28 years · Khan's believed age

Abdul Khan told his victim he was a 14-year-old boy and later claimed to be 16 years old, the court heard.

14 years · Khan's initial claimed age16 years · Khan's later claimed age

Abdul Khan raped the girl twice.

2 times · rapes

An asylum seeker who raped a 13-year-old girl after pretending to be a teenager on Snapchat has been jailed.

Abdul Khan attacked the girl in a nature reserve in Clifton, Nottingham, on 14 May last year.

Khan arrived in the UK in a back of a lorry in 2015, Nottingham Crown Court heard, and faces automatic deportation to Afghanistan after he has served two thirds of his sentence.

He was jailed for nine and a half years on Monday after he was convicted of two counts of rape, one count of sexual activity with a child, sexual communication with a child, meeting a child following grooming and perverting the course of justice.

A four-day trial was told Khan, who is believed to be 28, arranged to meet his victim in woodland after telling her he was a 14-year-old boy.

When they met in person and it was clear he was not 14, he tried to appease her by claiming to be 16, the court heard.

After activity that jurors found had been consensual, Khan twice raped the girl.

Judge Mark Watson said the victim told her father what had happened and he contacted police.

Addressing Khan, he said: "You deliberately concealed your true identity. She thought she was communicating with a child of her own age.

"It was a lie you have persisted with throughout these proceedings."

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