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Asylum seeker who raped woman, 18, jailed
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- Liam Barnes East Midlands Nottinghamshire Police Sheraz Malik was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court in January.
- Sheraz Malik attacked his victim in Sutton Lawn park in Sutton-in-Ashfield on 29 June last year, shortly after she was raped by another man Malik was with, who has yet to be identified.
- The 28-year-old, previously of Bath Street in Sutton-in-Ashfield, had claimed the sex was consensual, but was found guilty of two counts of rape by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court in January.
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Liam Barnes East Midlands Nottinghamshire Police Sheraz Malik was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court in January. An asylum seeker who raped an 18-year-old woman in a park in Nottinghamshire has been jailed for 10 years.
Sheraz Malik attacked his victim in Sutton Lawn park in Sutton-in-Ashfield on 29 June last year, shortly after she was raped by another man Malik was with, who has yet to be identified.
The 28-year-old, previously of Bath Street in Sutton-in-Ashfield, had claimed the sex was consensual, but was found guilty of two counts of rape by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court in January.
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