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Vanessa Pearce,West Midlandsand Dan Johnson,at Warwick Crown Court
Warwickshire Police
Ahmad Mulakhil was found guilty of raping the girl during an attack in Nuneaton last July
An Afghan asylum seeker has been found guilty of abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.
Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, took the girl to a quiet cul-de-sac on 22 July and carried out "extremely horrific sexual offences".
At Warwick Crown Court, he was found guilty of rape, abduction, sexual assault and taking an indecent video of the girl.
Co-defendant Mohammad Kabir, 24, also an Afghan asylum seeker, was found not guilty of strangulation, attempted child abduction and attempting to commit a sexual offence.
The case prompted changes to guidance on reporting the nationality and immigration status of people arrested.
There were widespread protests in Nuneaton because the men's immigration status and nationality were not reported by the authorities when they were arrested.
Mulakhil arrived in a small boat from France in March 2025, four months before he raped the girl.
Listening to the jury deliver its verdicts in court, he could be seen crying in the dock and blowing his nose with a tissue.
He is set to be sentenced at a later date.
The court heard the child was in a playground where she reported meeting Mulakhil
The jury was told that in the hours before the attack, Mulakhil was hanging around the town.
The 12-year-old victim had gone to a playground where she met him.
