Overview
- Wahidullah Hotak was sentenced on Thursday, May 7, at Birmingham Crown Court for raping a 24-year-old in a Wednesbury shop toilet.
- Judge Simon Drew KC imposed seven years in custody with a three-year extended licence, branding him a dangerous offender.
- A record from Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry fixed his age at 17 at the time to reduce what the judge said would have been about a ten-year term.
- An older woman linked to Hotak shouted “He does not have herpes” during sentencing, prompting court staff to remove her.
- Hotak arrived in the UK in 2023 as an Afghan national and plans to appeal a refused asylum claim in a separate process.