Teen rapist was told to stop but still attacked victim - and now he has walked free from court

Aryan Mahmood raped the girl despite her telling him to stop

A teenager who raped a young girl in her own home has now been jailed.

Aryan Mahmood, now 18, was just 15 when he attacked the girl. Leeds Crown Court heard on Monday, September 28, that the two had been watching TV at the girl's house before Mahmood attacked.

Prosecutor Eleanor Mitten told the courts: "He was touching her thigh and she kept telling him to move and told him she didn't want him to touch her like that. He continued and she told him to stop.

"She got up to change the volume on the TV and he then got up. He stood behind and grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her into the bed."

Mahmood, of no fixed abode, then raped the girl. After, Ms Mitten said: "He pulled his trousers up and she noticed the outline of a blade and she didn't say anything to him but made sure he left soon after. At first, she didn't tell anyone and was embarrassed and felt like it was her fault."

The court heard the girl did not tell anyone what had happened to her until June 24, but Mahmood attended at her home once again with a friend. It was when she bumped into him in Leeds city centre that she disclosed what had happened to her mum.

Ms Mitten said: "She bumped into him at the bus station in Leeds city centre in late June...Her mum came and she didn't understand why she [her daughter] was so angry and it was then that she told her mum. Her mum went to call the police and he went to run away but the girl grabbed him and there was a scuffle as she tried to restrain him but he ended up getting away.

"The police became aware of the allegation and he was interviewed and had accepted they had had sex but stated it was consensual."

Mahmood was eventually found guilty of rape following a trial at the court earlier this year.

He had previous convictions on his record for offences of robbery and possession of a bladed article, which were said to have post-dated the rape. He was made the subject of a youth referral order at the time of those convictions.

Mitigating, Lucy Brown said: "They were separate offences...Despite having this hanging over him, he has completed that referral order successful and in the face of adversity. He does have a supportive family but doesn't have settled accommodation.

"He has somewhat, as he reached adulthood, has fallen through the gaps of various support agencies. He does have his own allocated social worker."

The court heard Mahmood had "difficult relationships with his parents," and has since lost them, his mother in "traumatic circumstances."

Ms Brown said: "All of that can't be understated components of the difficulties in the doctor's report."

His Honour Judge Clark said the doctor spoke in his report of Mahmood's learning disability and cognitive ability of a child aged 10 years and seven months.

He said: "What you did was very serious, very serious indeed. In these circumstances, I think they merit a custodial sentence for two years."

Mahmood was handed a two-year sentence suspended for 18 months, during which he must complete 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days. He was also made the subject of notification requirements for ten years.