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The day of reckoning came for Jan Jahanzeb and fellow Afghan Israr Niazal as they were jailed for the rape they committed last May.
Daily Mail reports that the boys, both 17, raped a 15-year-old girl around Midlands Park
A day after the rape, Jahaneb was in the park without a care in the world.
Before sentencing them, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano accepted a legal challenge mounted by the Daily Mail and agreed to lift a ban on naming them, which had been imposed due to their age.
The judge told Jahanzeb, “When you discussed the offence, you tried to minimize your responsibility, blaming your co-defendant for getting you involved, and the victim herself for pushing you and kissing you, as well as the fact that you were drunk.
“You say you are inexperienced in sexual matters; your reluctance to talk about it makes the truth of this assertion difficult to assess, although I do, of course, understand that, given your age, your sexual experience is necessarily limited.
“You left Afghanistan after you say threats were made to you and your family, and you spent about nine months travelling to the UK.
“You travelled through many countries, often on foot, and I am sure that your journey was both difficult and dangerous. I accept that this amounts to a traumatic set of experiences for a young person. I am told that it is possible that you are suffering from PTSD.”
He has already been served a deportation order. However, younger Niazal has so far avoided that fate by pleading guilty the day before his 17th birthday.
