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.
, 23, is said to have carried out the assault four months after arriving here.
Afghan migrant Ahmad Mulakhil is said to have carried out an assault on a girl, 12, just four months after arriving in BritainCredit: PA
He was seen in a shop with her after the alleged attackCredit: Worcester Police
Speaking via a Dari interpreter,
And he said he was placed in Nuneaton, , 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 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 trial continues.
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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