Trial: Girl, 12, raped after park abduction attempt

Terrified 12-year-old raped after being targeted by two Afghan men in Nuneaton. Police link DNA and indecent images as trial of Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir unfolds.

Two Afghan nationals are standing trial at Warwick Crown Court accused of serious sexual offences against a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton in July 2025.

Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, of no fixed address, has pleaded guilty to one count of rape of a child under 13, understood to be oral rape.

He denies child abduction, two further counts of rape of a child under 13, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, and one count of taking indecent photographs of a child.

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Co-defendant Mohammad Kabir, 24, also of no fixed address and a fellow Afghan national, denies intentional strangulation, committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence, and attempted child abduction.

Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft told the jury the two men, who appeared to be friends, targeted the girl in Riversley Park on the evening of 22 July 2025 while she was playing on swings and a zip wire.

Oscroft said Kabir attempted to abduct her by trying to persuade her to go with him and grabbed her by the neck, strangling her, with the purpose alleged to be sexual.

After the girl escaped from Kabir, Mulakhil is said to have remained in the area and later approached her, leading her to a secluded cul-de-sac, Cheverel Place.

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There, it is alleged, Mulakhil raped her, sexually assaulted her and took indecent images using his mobile phone.

Forensic evidence includes Mulakhil’s DNA on the girl’s neck and inside her clothing.

Investigators recovered indecent images from Mulakhil’s phone, together with photographs showing both defendants, confirming their association.

Mulakhil claimed the girl went voluntarily and said she was 19, but the prosecution asserted her young age was obvious to any observer.