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Afghan migrant accused of raping girl, 12, came to Britain because of ‘problems and difficulties’ in his homeland
A MIGRANT accused of raping a girl of 12 came to the UK because of “problems and difficulties” in his homeland, he told a court yesterday.
Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, is said to have carried out the assault four months after arriving here.
Speaking via a Dari interpreter, the Afghan said his application to remain was being processed.
And he said he was placed in Nuneaton, Warwicks, around six weeks before his arrest over the alleged rape.
Mulakhil is accused alongside fellow asylum seeker Mohammad Kabir, 24, who allegedly tried to strangle the girl last July.
The migrant, who told cops the girl initiated sexual activity, admits oral rape but denies two rapes, two sex assaults and taking indecent pictures.
Accused Mulakhil, whose DNA was found on the girl, later told police he met the girl twice that day and said he believed she looked in her twenties.
Mulakhil, of no fixed abode, denies child abduction, two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and taking indecent photographs of a child.
Jurors were told he has pleaded guilty to a charge of oral rape of the 12-year-old.
Kabir denies abduction and intentional strangling.
The Warwick crown court trial continues.