Janath Gul Jardarkhail 23

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A drug dealing rapist dragged a woman into bushes and raped her in a park before abducting another women in a similar attack months later.

Janath Gul Jardarkhail attacked two women almost six months apart in sexual assaults in Chavasse Park and Wood Street.

Today, a judge told the 21-year-old he believed he used his position as a low level drug dealer to search for vulnerable women to attack at night.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that Jardarkhail stalked the streets of the city centre.

He attacked his first victim in Chavasse Park in July 2019, ambushing her and carrying her into bushes before raping her.

The second attack, in January of last year, saw him attack a woman on Wood Street on her way back from a night out.

Jardarkhail was caught after DNA swabs from his victims matched his own when he was arrested on suspicion of supplying cannabis.

In a statement provided to the court, the woman he attacked on Wood Street said she still struggled to comprehend what had happened to her almost two years ago.

Ben Jones, prosecuting, said her statement provided to the court outlined how her mental health had been affected by the trauma of the attack, with the woman saying she had at some points self-harmed because of it.

However, she said her own family had given her the strength to carry on despite the horrific sexual assault.

Her statement said: "He took away every bit of dignity that I have so I refuse to let him take me away from my kids."

Martine Snowdon, defending, said there was little she could say in his defence about the attacks themselves but did point to Jardarkhail's difficult upbringing as some mitigation.

While not going into the details of his childhood, she said he had been deprived of much of the guidance and support needed as a child and said a serious head injury sustained when he was younger had left him with problems with his cognitive function.

Ms Snowdon said: "He is an immature young man. He has had very little education, not just academically, but guidance in moral and social spheres.

"There was a lack of the guidance and support we should all wish a child to have."

In addition, a psychiatric report supplied to the court said Jardarkhail had been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and depression.

Judge Stuart Driver, QC, said the 21-year-old had preyed on women who were unable to defend themselves.

Judge Driver said: "I am satisfied that you used your occupation of selling cannabis to walk the streets of Liverpool city centre at night, apparently and actually selling cannabis, but keeping your eyes wide open for vulnerable women for you to attack.

"There is an element of planning.

"You were a sexual predator."

He labelled Jardarkhail, of County Road, Walton, a dangerous offender and jailed him for 12 years, with a further five years to be served on licence.

That sentence covered the two rape charges as well as possession of cannabis with intent to supply.

He will also be placed on the sex offenders register for life and must pay a statutory surcharge.