Overview
- Judge Kristina Montgomery KC sent a jury of seven men and five women out to consider unanimous verdicts at Warwick Crown Court.
- Proceedings were delayed in the morning when HMP Hewell failed to place Mulakhil on transport, with the hearing resuming just after noon.
- Mulakhil has admitted one count of oral rape but denies two further rape counts, two sexual assaults, child abduction and taking an indecent photo of a child.
- Kabir denies intentional strangulation and offences linked to an alleged sexual motive, with prosecutors alleging he changed his account and the defence citing mistranslation.
- Jurors were shown CCTV and doorbell footage said to depict Mulakhil with the girl and heard custody recordings, while Kabir’s defence said police-tested clothing yielded no incriminating DNA.