Overview

• He attacked a woman he had lured to a secluded area of Hyde Park at about 9pm in November while she was walking home from a night out.
• Jurors at Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of one count of rape on May 22.
• Judge Gregory Perrins said he exploited the victim’s vulnerability and told the court he showed no belief that he had done anything wrong.
• Defence cited diagnoses of emotionally unstable personality disorder and complex PTSD, which the judge ruled offered only minimal mitigation.
• The court heard he arrived in the UK in April 2023 and claimed asylum, was in the country illegally, and had an address listed as a Hilton hotel in Ealing used to house migrants.