Overview
- Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, were sentenced at Warwick Crown Court to youth detention terms of 10 years 8 months and 9 years 10 months, and must remain on the sex offenders register for life.
- Judge Sylvia de Bertodano lifted reporting restrictions to name the defendants after media applications, saying secrecy risked speculation and the spread of false information.
- Prosecutors said the May 10 attack in Leamington Spa happened after the victim was separated from friends and led to a secluded “den-type” area before being raped.
- Distressing phone footage recorded by the victim and CCTV tracking her abduction formed key evidence, and the pair changed their pleas to guilty shortly before trial.
- Both offenders were unaccompanied asylum seekers from Afghanistan; Jahanzeb arrived in January 2025 and was age-assessed as 17, while Niazal arrived in November 2024 and was later placed in Warwickshire local-authority care.