Migrant who raped British woman, 15, had lived luxurious life-style throughout Europe | UK | Information

A migrant who arrived within the UK by way of a small boat earlier than raping a 15-year-old woman, lived an expensive life-style throughout Europe earlier than getting into the nation. Sadeq Nikzad was jailed for 9 years in June for the “harrowing attack” on the kid in Falkirk, Scotland, in October 2023.

Detective Inspector Forbes Wilson, from the Forth Valley Public Protection Unit, mentioned: “This was a very harrowing assault which was carried out throughout daylight in a busy city centre. Nikzad’s heinous actions had a profound impact on his younger sufferer and I want to commend her energy all through this ordeal.” Nikzad, 29, travelled 4,000 miles across Europe before making the crossing over the English Channel, where he was pictured wearing designer clothes and visiting tourist attractions in cities such as Rome and Paris.

It has since emerged the predator had enjoyed a comfortable existence as he made his way across Europe, documenting his adventures on social media.

Nikzad visited cities such as Cologne, Turin, Rome and Paris, with photographs on his Instagram showing him sporting expensive North Face coats, staying in fancy hotels and posing in designer suits before making the crossing on a small boat.

Scottish Conservatives safety spokeswoman Sharon Dowey said: “People shall be appalled at how this now convicted rapist was in a position to openly make his method illegally throughout Europe.

“They will also be sickened by these images of him enjoying himself at world-renowned tourist attractions before coming into the UK.”

During his trial, Nikzad had tried to persuade the jury that he “misunderstood” the sufferer’s lack of curiosity resulting from a “cultural barrier”, arguing that behaviour that’s unlawful within the UK was generally accepted in his house nation.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp mentioned: “This is a sickening case of an illegal immigrant from Afghanistan raping a 15-year-old girl and then trying to blame his appalling crime on cultural differences.

“It is particularly galling that he travelled via a number of clearly secure international locations the place he may simply have claimed asylum if he actually wanted to.

“Men with Afghan nationality are around 20 times more likely to commit sex offences, so this case is tragically not an isolated one.”

Whilst Philp’s statistics are disputed by some, the case represents rising public anger amongst giant sections of the general public concerning the authorities’s strategy to migration and crime dedicated by these in search of asylum.

On Saturday demonstrations below the Abolish Asylum System slogan had been held throughout England, Scotland and Wales, together with in Bristol, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Exeter, Mold, Perth, Nuneaton, Tamworth, Cannock, Aberdeen, Horley and Canary Wharf.