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Asylum Seeker, 19, Jailed for Seven Years for Rape of 16-Year-Old in South London

The judge cited statements describing lasting trauma for the teenager.

Overview

  • Shahram Rasouli, convicted by a jury, was sentenced Thursday to seven years in a young offender institution.
  • The attack took place last August at Salvation Army-managed accommodation in Denmark Hill in south London after he bought alcohol.
  • Prosecutors said he gave the girls Absolut vodka and BuzzBallz cocktails before the victim, who refused sex, was raped.
  • The court heard he penetrated her without a condom in a painful act that lasted about two minutes.
  • A second defendant, Arwin Khosrawi, faced the same allegation but was acquitted by the jury.