Attacker is spared deportation after trying to rape girl
MAN’S COUNTRY IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR HIM TO RETURN
thought about killing myself.
“I feel that Prince has taken my virginity from me.
“I was forced to give evidence and cross-examined and it was one of the worst experience I have been through. I found the whole process upsetting and felt that I was the one on trial.”
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Saidi was convicted of attempted rape, sexual assault and assault after a trial. He denied wrongdoing but is expected to escape deportation back to his native Africa as the Congo is still in a state of conflict and is too dangerous for him to be sent back there.
The incident occurred in November 2017 after the girl had called at Saidi’s house to pick up a bottle of baby lotion for his estranged wife who had moved out of the family home.
The court heard the teenager was locked in the house before Saidi molested her as she pleaded with him to stop. He then dragged her into the living room where he pulled down her clothing and removed his trousers.
He stopped when she threatened to tell police and her parents and he apologised and ran her home. The girl confided in her uncle about the assault but was advised not to go to the police and said Saidi would be dealt with within the Congolese community. She made a formal complaint to police in June last year when she heard of the false rumours being circulated about her.
In mitigation defence counsel Mark Fireman said: “He knows he must face a custodial sentence and will serve that sentence in a country not his own and first language not his own.’’
Saidi will also have to sign the Sex Offender Register for life and was banned from contacting the girl under the terms of a restraining order. He is also banned from working with children or vulnerable adults when he is released from jail.