Pakistani Asylum Seeker Rapes Drunk Teen Twice in Park

Sheraz Malik, 28, from Pakistan, stands convicted of two unanimous counts of rape against an 18-year-old woman in Sutton Lawn park, Nottinghamshire. The jury rejected his consent claim after hearing she sent a Snapchat plea: “please help me… I feel like killing myself.” A court hid his asylum seeker status until verdict.

The attack unfolded last summer. The woman, drunk after drinking with a male friend, met Malik’s group of strangers. Her friend asked them to “look after” her while he left; one associate raped her first in isolation, then Malik took his turn, striking her neck and hair.

Malik admitted playing cricket and smoking cannabis in the park that night. He booked a coach out of Nottinghamshire under a false name post-attack. The Home Office paid him £50 weekly at the time.

Judges imposed reporting restrictions at Nottingham Crown Court last September. No media could mention his immigration status during trial. This shielded his Pakistani origin and prior residences in Italy, Germany, and France from public view.

Malik entered the UK after those EU countries. No details emerged on his route or initial claim validity. Police now pursue the unidentified first rapist “relentlessly.”

Protests erupted in Sutton-in-Ashfield after Reform UK MP Lee Anderson posted about Malik’s background on social media. Demonstrators outnumbered counter-protesters, demanding immigration curbs. Local tensions boiled over a case police described as targeting a “vulnerable” victim.

Reporting Blackout Enables Denial

Courts routinely apply such restrictions in migrant crime cases. This delays scrutiny of asylum vetting until after conviction, if at all. Malik gave evidence in English via Pashto interpreter, claiming the woman said “I really like you.”

Probation now assesses his “dangerousness” before February sentencing. Judge Simon Ash KC remanded him in custody. Outcomes for foreign national rapists often involve deportation fights post-prison.

Home Office payments continued amid his travels across Europe. UK rules grant asylum seekers basic support during claim processing, averaging 40-50 pounds weekly. Malik drew this while living on Bath Street in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Victim’s Isolation Mirrors Systemic Gaps

Her friend abandoned her with unknowns, exposing personal risks in declining public spaces. Parks once hosted cricket games now stage group assaults on the intoxicated. Police praised her “bravery,” but a second perpetrator remains free.

Nottinghamshire Police logged the case as priority. Detectives built evidence dismantling Malik’s lies. Yet institutional delays let him roam until arrest.

This fits patterns in migrant-heavy crime data. Foreign nationals feature disproportionately in sexual offences, per Ministry stats. Asylum inflows strain vetting; multiple-country transients like Malik slip through.

EU prior residences raise Dublin Regulation questions, long defunct post-Brexit. UK processes such claims without swift returns. Result: prolonged stays, taxpayer funds, and community exposure.

Protests signal eroding trust. MPs like Anderson amplify local fury ignored by authorities. Media noted outnumbered counter-demonstrators, hinting at deepening divides.

Incentives Reward Transience

Malik’s coach escape under alias shows calculated flight. Home Office cash funded his life pre-charge. No pre-trial deportation despite history.

Governments since 2010 expanded asylum backlogs to 100,000-plus. Labour and Tory ministers added routes, hitting record grants. Convictions rarely accelerate removals; appeals clog tribunals.

Taxpayers fund support, trials, incarceration. Victims bear trauma; communities protest. Police divert to hate incident logs over pursuits.

Functional borders would screen multi-movers rigorously. Instead, UK absorbs Europe’s rejects, housing claimants amid hotel strains. Rape convictions expose the human cost.

Sheraz Malik’s case lays bare asylum machinery’s core flaw: it prioritizes claimant opacity over citizen safety. Reporting bans and handouts persist through trials; second offenders evade nets. Britain’s migration controls collapsed long ago, seeding parks with predators and streets with protests—uniform decline under every regime.