Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan have been jailed after admitting raping a 15-year-old girl in a park in Britain, officials have confirmed.
Police said the victim had been with friends in Leamington, Warwickshire, on May 10 when they met Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal.
The teenage girl started talking to them before they asked her to go for a walk.
They then took her to a park area known as Newbold Comyn where they raped her, Warwickshire Police confirmed in a statement released online.
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After the attack, the teenager managed to flag down a passerby, who contacted local police.
Detectives started an investigation using camera footage and photos that the victim had taken with her phone earlier in the day.
Officers were able to identify and arrest the two 17-year-old suspects.
Jahanzeb and Niazal were charged with rape and later appeared before the youth court in Coventry, where they admitted the offence.
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Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan were jailed after admitting raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington, Warwickshire. (Peter Thompson/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
At their sentencing hearing at Warwick Crown Court on Monday, the judge lifted reporting restrictions that previously prevented the couple from being named due to their age.
It was also confirmed in court that both are Afghan asylum seekers.
Jahanzeb was sentenced to ten years and eight months, while Niazal received nine years and ten months.
Both will begin their terms in a juvenile facility and will be transferred to an adult prison at a later stage.
They were also placed on the sex offenders register for life and given an indefinite restraining order.
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British Chief Inspector Richard Hobbs praised the victim for her courage in coming forward.
“This was a hugely traumatic incident, and I cannot praise the victim enough for the courage she showed,” he said in a statement.
He added that the investigation had been carried out by specially trained officers who had supported the victim from the start.
“Jahanzeb and Niazal went out of their way to befriend the victim with the intention of raping her. The length of their sentences reflects the seriousness of their crime and the need to protect the public from it,” he added.
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DCI Hobbs said he hoped the case would reassure other victims of sexual violence that they would be listened to and supported if they reported crimes.
“We will always conduct a thorough and careful investigation and do everything in our power to bring offenders to justice,” he added.
