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A 17-YEAR-OLD Bournemouth girl woke up to find a drug dealer raping her.
Lamin Sanneh, 47, sexually assaulted and raped a girl at an address in Bournemouth in July 2019, Bournemouth Crown Court heard.
The victim has fallen asleep before Sanneh sexually assaulted her after which she woke up and he raped her, police say.
However, the defendant was was also found to have supplied drugs in September 2021 when a raid in Poole uncovered a package containing wraps of cocaine while Sanneh was there.
A phone belonging to Sanneh had also been seized that contained messages which appeared to relate to the supply of illegal drugs.
He was eventually arrested by detectives in March 2023 and later charged.
At a hearing at crown court held on Thursday, December 7, the judge sentenced Sanneh, of no fixed abode, to 10 years in prison.
He will also serve an extended licence period of a further three years.
He had previously been found guilty at a trial at the same court of offences of rape and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.