Why was he still in Britain?
Somalian rapist struck TWICE more after being allowed to stay here
A CONVICTED Somalian rapist who was allowed to remain in Britain after successfully overturning a court deportation order went on to carry out sexual assaults on two more women.
Dahir Ibrahim, 31, tried to claim in court that because of where he came from he did not realise it was unacceptable to attack women.
He had been jailed for ten years in 2005 after attacking his first victim in Birmingham. A deportation order was made upon his release but Ibrahim controversially won the right to remain in the UK.
He went on to rape his second and third victims within six weeks of each other in 2014. The sex offender – who threatened one vic-
‘There was abuse and degradation’
tim with a craft knife and the other with pliers and a screwdriver.
It is not known why Ibrahim was able to overturn his deportation order but Somalia is often judged too dangerous to send criminals back to.
He raped one woman on September 3 after luring her down an alley in Birmingham under the pretence of selling her drugs. Steven Bailey, prosecuting, said ‘She was crying and telling him to stop, and started screaming and shouting.
‘The woman was beaten during her ordeal before she managed to flee and was helped by a driver.’
The third victim, who the court heard was subjected to ‘abuse and humiliation’ at the hands of Ibrahim, was attacked while she was sleeping rough in the early hours of October 18.
She was threatened with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver before being raped.
Ibrahim was eventually tracked down and arrested by police through a combination of DNA, forensic and CCTV evidence.
A knife fragment found by officers at the scene was also found to have DNA traces of both the woman and Ibrahim. Further DNA matches were recovered from the second woman, where he had bitten her.
At the trial, his lawyer argued the Somalian did not understand that what he was doing was wrong.
Jabeen Akhtar said the rapist had come from a country where he had witnessed many atrocities and had a lack of understanding of what is acceptable in the UK: ‘It was more opportunistic then pre-planned. No long-term physical injury was sustained by the victims.’
But sentencing Ibrahim to life with a minimum of ten years at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, Judge Murray Creed said: ‘There was abuse and humiliation. There was severe psychological hurt and harm done. There was degradation. They were sustained incidents and the victims were targeted.’ Ibrahim had previously admitted two charges of rape, two of possessing weapons and another serious sexual offence.
Detective Constable Gavin McGrath said: ‘ The evidence against Ibrahim was indisputable and, in desperation, he tried to claim that it was a “fit up”.
‘But a few days before he was due to stand trial, he changed his plea to guilty.’
It is understood that Ibrahim will finally be deported after serving his latest sentence.