A Somalian refugee, who ended up working at Heathrow Airport’s Cafe Nero, has been jailed for nine years for his “animalistic” rape bid of a drunken student, who had passed-out on his bed.
Mogadishu-born Abdourahman Amadeo, 24, and his family reached Italy and once that country gave him citizenship he moved to the UK under freedom of movement rules.
After the late-night attack on the 22 year-old he shouted: “Get this ho out of my bed.”
He was unanimously convicted by an Isleworth Crown Court jury of the attempted rape of the young woman at his home in Connaught Avenue, Hounslow on December 13, 2015.
The victim and a female friend had partied at the nearby Club K and believed they were getting a lift home from one of Amadeo’s pal’s when they were taken to the address at 4.30am.
“You tried to rape a woman you barely knew. She was inert, there was no speech or movement,” Recorder Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC told the first-time offender.
“The fact you sought to have sex with her beggars belief and can only be described as animalistic.
“Your thoughts are obvious through your words of: ‘Get this ho’ slang for whore, ‘Out of my bed.
“You took your own selfish and animalistic sexual satisfaction from her.”
The prosecution relied largely on the victim’s friend’s evidence even though she had been removed from the bedroom on Amadeo’s orders.
“There was a specific targeting here of a vulnerable victim. She was obviously under the influence of alcohol to a great extent.
“She could not walk and her incapacitation due to alcohol makes her a person of particular vulnerability,” added Recorder Bennett-Jenkins.
“It was an attempted rape committed in the most callous of circumstances.
“She was enjoying an evening out with friends. She did consume alcohol and there is no criticism of her in this respect.
“We have CCTV footage and at 4.30am we can see she was extremely vulnerable, she was falling over, she could barely stand and fell, cutting her legs, on the way to your home.
“In your room she either fell asleep or passed into unconsciousness and is spared the recollection of what you did to her, without her consent, yet this is the thing that haunts her.
“A second man took her friend out of the bedroom after you spoke to him in a foreign language and whatever was said you were left in the room with this sleeping woman.
“You took that chance to prey upon this young woman who was obviously unable to give consent to any sexual conduct.
“You should be thoroughly utterly disgusted with your conduct. You tried to rape a woman you barely knew.”
The victim reported the attack to police and took anti-HIV drugs. “She was and is tortured by what happened to her.
“When you were arrested you denied knowing her and said her friend was lying.”
Amedeo was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
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