Accused still on the run
A COVENTRY man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl is still on the run.
Walikhan Sultan-Khal, 25, known as Sultan, is alleged to have raped the youngster during an attack at a flat in Foleshill.
Police say that SultanKhal was the driver of a car which picked up two girls, aged 13 and 14, who were on their way to a friend’s house in the city centre.
They accepted a lift and were taken to a property where they were attacked.
Sultan-Khal was last known to be living in the Foleshill area of Coventry and West Midlands Police are urging anyone who knows where he is to get in touch.
Two men have already been jailed for a total of 14 years in connection with the incident in August last year.
Zoaeir Tamari, 20, of Queen Mary’s Road, Foleshill, and Lala Gul Utkhel, of Lockhurst Lane, Foleshill, 27, were convicted at Coventry Crown Court after a seven-day trial in January.
Tamari was jailed for four-and-a-half years for human trafficking for the purpose of child sex exploitation (CSE) and five years for sexual assault, to run consecutively.
Utkhel also received four-and-a-half years for human trafficking for the purpose of CSE.
The charges relate to the two young girls who were on their way to a friend’s house in the early hours of August 26, 2016.
The court was told that Tamari and Utkhel, along with two other men, pulled alongside the girls in a blue Jaguar XJ8.
The group paid the girls compliments and offered them a lift to their destination.
The girls accepted and the driver made his way to a garage where they bought alcohol and cigarettes.
After dropping one of the men off they arrived at a pub, and the girls were escorted to Utkhel’s flat above the premises.
They were given more alcohol and this is where Tamari took advantage of both girl’s vulnerability by sexually assaulting them both.
Det Chf Insp Ian Green, of West Midlands Police, said: “I would urge anyone who knows the whereabouts of SultanKhal to get in touch with us as soon as possible to help us progress our investigation.”
Information can be given to police on 101 or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.