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Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been sentenced for rape and sexual assault in Slough.

Mohammad Ilyas, aged 24, of Chalvey Park, Slough was sentenced yesterday (27/2) to six years’ imprisonment.

At a previous hearing on 20 December last year, he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by penetration.

Ilyas will also be placed on the sex offenders register for life.

In March 2021, Ilyas raped and sexually assaulted the victim, a woman in her twenties, in Slough.

Ilyas was arrested on 4 April 2021 and charged on 27 July 2022.

Investigating officer, Detective Sergeant Thomas Harman, based at Slough police station, said: “Ilyas’s actions had a severe impact on the life of the young woman he attacked.

“Thanks to her incredible courage, strength and support, we were able to prove what happened and bring Ilyas to justice.

“I hope this case shows that we take all reports seriously and will work tirelessly to bring offenders before the courts.”

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A Slough man who attempted to arrange and pay for sexual services with a child has been jailed for three years following an operation by police.

Sohaib Aslam, 50, of Ditton Park Road was sentenced at Brighton Crown Court on Friday (January 13) after being found guilty by a unanimous verdict.

On November 4, 2021, Aslam searched an adult services website in order to locate an escort for sexual services, where he found an advert which offered a child for sexual exploitation.

Aslam replied to the message and arranged to meet the child at a location in Windsor, agreeing a price of £100 for sex with the child.

However, the child did not exist.

On his way to the meeting, he was intercepted by South East Regional Organised Crime Unit officers and arrested, and was found in possession of the £100 which he was planning to use to pay for sex.

Police added that no child was ever at risk during the operation, and have released screenshots showing Aslam’s interactions with a person he thought was arranging the meeting with the child.

After a guilty verdict was reached after a two-day trial, Aslam was sentenced to three years imprisonment’ given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Colin Haynes, of SEROCU, said: “This should serve as a warning to anyone looking to arrange this sort of meeting. You can never be sure of who you are actually messaging.

“If you engage in this sort of conversation online, and look to arrange meetings of this nature, you could be arrested and face time in prison, which will have a destructive impact on your life and career, as well as having a huge effect on your family.

“We will not tolerate those who look to exploit children for sexual purposes and will do everything we can to disrupt them.”

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A predatory sex offender who attacked women over a 26-year period has been found guilty of the murder of Shani Warren in 1987 and the kidnap and rape of another victim six years earlier.

The jury at Reading Crown Court has today found Donald Robertson, 66, guilty of the false imprisonment, indecent assault and murder of Shani Warren and the kidnap and rape of a 16-year-old girl.

Ms Warrens body was found at the edge of Taplow Lake, near Slough, on 18 April 1987. Her wrists and ankles were bound and she was gagged. A pathologist concluded that she had died from drowning, with a strong possibility of strangulation beforehand.

It was his opinion that Shani died by suicide, as there were no defence marks or evidence of sexual assault and she could have applied the bindings herself.

Despite these findings, Ms Warrens death was investigated as suspicious, but there was not enough evidence for the police to charge anyone in connection with the case. An inquest in 1987 concluded with an open verdict.

Six years earlier, a 16-year-old girl was attacked and raped as she was walking home in Slough. Robertson was arrested at the time but released when the victim did not point him out during an identity parade. Even though she identified him to police immediately afterwards, procedures at the time meant the identification was not considered sufficient to charge the defendant.

Advances in forensic science provided a breakthrough for both cases in the last few years with new evidence being discovered that clearly linked Robertson to these crimes.

When a cold case team at Thames Valley Police reviewed the unsolved case of Ms Warren, further forensic work found traces of Robertsons DNA on the gag found in Ms Warrens mouth something that hadnt been swabbed in the initial examination and on her bra. A pathologist who reviewed the new evidence and the previous pathologists findings concluded someone else had been involved in her death.

Evidence taken in 1981 from the other victims clothing was also tested, and a DNA profile matching Robertson was obtained.

This compelling forensic evidence played a vital part in the case presented by the Crown Prosecution Service at trial. It was supported in Ms Warrens case by accounts of her life and state of mind at the time of her death from witnesses who knew her well.

The prosecution successfully argued that the positive identification of Robertson made by the other victim after she was raped was admissible as evidence. Robertsons previous convictions for sexual offences, which spanned more than three decades, were also presented as evidence of his tendency to commit crimes of this nature, and that the DNA findings were unlikely to be a coincidence.

Robbie Weber of the Crown Prosecution Service said: Donald Robertson is a dangerous and deadly predatory sex offender who attacked women over almost three decades, using violent threats to get what he wanted. In the case of Shani Warren, he went as far as to take her life.

Advances in forensic science led to a breakthrough in the unsolved cases of Ms Warrens death and the sexual attack on another young girl, with new compelling DNA evidence clearly linking Robertson to both crimes. This evidence played a vital part in the case that we presented at trial which has today resulted in guilty verdicts.

Our thoughts are with Ms Warrens loved ones and the other victim in this case who have waited many years to see justice served.

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A SLOUGH man has been jailed for three years and two months following child sex offences online.

Ross Thompson-Cooley, 62, of Lowestoft Drive, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Monday, December 13.

He pleaded guilty to one count each of, engaging in sexual communication with a child, adult attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and adult attempting to meet a girl under 16 of age following grooming.

The offences occurred online in August and September this year.

Thompson-Cooley used Rando and Whatsapp to send explicit messages to two girls under 16, calling himself Romeo.

He also attempted to arrange an in-person meet.

Thompson-Cooley was later arrested on September 4.

A section 18 house search was carried out and multiple electronic items were seized.

After further investigation by Thames Valley Police, Thompson-Cooley was charged on September 5.

And later convicted following a hearing at Reading Magistrates Court on September 7.

He pleaded guilty to all three charges.

Thompson-Cooley was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

Police Staff Investigator Rina Sahota, of CID, said: "Thames Valley Police is committed to investigating and bringing before the courts people like Thompson-Cooley who clearly poses a threat to young girls.

"If you think someone is committing such offences, or you feel you have been a victim of such an offence we would advise you to contact Thames Valley Police on 101 or online or on 999 if is an emergency.

"There is further information on how to keep you and your family safe online on our website."

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A man has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a "vulnerable young" woman in Slough.

Kevin Kivindyo, 42, of St Pauls Avenue, Slough, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on August 16 to eight years imprisonment.

Kivindyo was found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict of three counts of sexual assault following a trial at Reading Crown Court, which concluded on July 23 2021.

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A man who sexually assaulted a woman in woodland in Slough has been jailed.

Sorin Anitei attacked his victim, a woman in her forties, in woodland near to Slough Road on January 9.

She suffered serious bruising and a broken nose in the assault.

Anitei was arrested on 12 January and charged the following day.

The 46-year-old, of no fixed abode, admitted one count each of sexual assault by touching and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday to one year and nine months in prison.

Anitei was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.

Thames Valley Police investigating officer, Detective Constable Thomas Harman, based at Slough police station, said: "Sorin Anitei sexually assaulted and badly injured a vulnerable woman in a secluded location.

"I believe the serious nature of this offence is reflected in the sentence, which will also help prevent him from further offending.

"I would also like to thank the members of public that stopped to help the victim."

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A man has been jailed for 21 years after being convicted of historical sex attacks on children. Martin Clifford, 45, targeted four separate victims between 1988 and 1997 in Slough, Berkshire, and Horley in Surrey. Police said his victims had endured "sustained traumatic experiences". Clifford of Chatfield, Slough, was convicted of two counts of rape of a child under 16 and five counts of indecent assault on a male under 16. He was also found guilty at Reading Crown Court of two counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16, and five counts of indecency with a child under 14. Det Sgt Emma Skinner said: "The victims in this case had to endure sustained traumatic experiences at the hands of Clifford during their childhoods, which has had a profound impact on them throughout their lives. "The strength they have displayed during the investigation and the trial has been incredible and I commend them all."