Locations
Ropley Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E27
Description
A sexual predator who made a 14-year-old girl drunk on her birthday so that he could rape her has been jailed.
Khayrul Islam, of Ropley Street, Tower Hamlets, was known to the victim’s family when he contacted the teenager on her birthday and invited her to his home to celebrate.
The child went and was given alcohol until she was drunk, which is when Islam attacked her.
She managed to run away, leaving behind some of her belongings, and she cried out that she had been raped.
Members of the public came to help the girl and flagged down a passing police car.
As the girl was shocked, she couldn’t remember the address she escaped from but Islam’s phone number was used to trace his address.
The 29-year-old was arrested that same day on suspicion of rape.
Detective Sergeant Michael Dixon, of the Met’s Central East Safeguarding Team covering Tower Hamlets, said: "Khayrul Islam is a dangerous sex offender who deliberately targeted a young vulnerable girl and lured her into a situation where he could sexually assault and rape her."
Appearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Wednesday (June 5), Islam was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault by touching against a 14-year-old girl.
He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order with strict conditions that will allow the police to monitor him for 15 years.
Islam had previously been convicted following trial at the same court on January 8.