Overview
- Sheraz Malik was convicted in January of two counts of rape and on Thursday, June 11, 2026 was given a 10-year custodial term plus a four-year period on licence by Judge Simon Ash KC.
- The court heard the victim was 18 when she was attacked in Sutton Lawn Park on June 29, 2025 and that Malik and another man each raped her while she was heavily intoxicated and vulnerable.
- DNA evidence linked Malik to the victim, he denied wrongdoing at trial claiming consent, and pre-sentence reports and the judge found he showed no remorse and displayed distorted thinking about consent.
- Nottinghamshire Police say their investigation is ongoing and officers are actively trying to identify and arrest a second, as-yet-unidentified suspect linked to the attack.
- Malik, a Pakistan-born asylum seeker who had lived in other European countries before coming to the UK, is expected to face deportation proceedings when his sentence and licence period end and this case has renewed public debate about disclosing suspects' immigration status.