Overview
- Teesside Crown Court sentenced Faisul (also spelled Faisal) Baruud, 31, to three years and three months in prison.
- He must sign the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years, and a five-year restraining order prohibits contact with the victim.
- Police stopped his Range Rover in Stockton in the early hours and took the girl to hospital, where tests found cocaine, benzodiazepine/temazepam and alcohol.
- Prosecutors said he groomed the teen with flattery, spending and substances, isolated her at his Stockton flat, and forensic testing found his DNA on her clothing.
- He initially denied the offence, admitted sexual assault hours before trial, claimed he thought she was 17, and the victim reported flashbacks and nightmares.