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Asylum seeker jailed for raping teenager in park
Rapualla Ahmadze was sentenced to nine years and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely after a predatory rape of a vulnerable 17-year-old, with deportation expected post-sentence.
- On Tuesday at the High Court in Edinburgh, Rapualla Ahmadze, an Afghan asylum seeker, was jailed for nine years, backdated to August 2024, and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
- There was a dispute about his age, but the court was told Rapualla Ahmadze would have been around 20 at the time, and defence counsel Shaun Alexander urged the judge to consider his maturity and young person sentencing guidelines.
- Witness John Donald, 28, recalled that the victim was shaking and said, `I felt a sense of scaredness` after the teenage victim, then aged 17, was pulled from a bench, touched, and raped at Cooper Park, Elgin.
- Judge Thomas Welsh KC told him that deportation is expected after his sentence, but removal decisions rest with the Home Office; a non-harassment order and indefinite sex offenders register placement were imposed.
- Following the sentencing, Police Scotland said it is committed to providing a trauma-informed service prioritising victims’ needs and pledged to work with criminal justice partners and support services to improve reporting and support for women and girls.
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Asylum seeker who raped teenager in ‘shocking’ park attack jailed for nine years
Rapualla Ahmadze attacked the 17-year-old in Elgin, Moray, in August last year.
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Asylum seeker jailed for nine years after 'shocking and violent' rape in a park
An asylum seeker who raped a teenager in a "shocking and violent" attack in a park has been sentenced to nine years in jail.Rapualla Ahmadze, from Afghanistan, carried out the attack in Cooper Park, Elgin during August last year, after approaching the girl and making "intimidating remarks."Ahmadze appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh today for sentencing.The court was told there was a dispute around his age but he would have been around 20 at…
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