A man, Idrees Jaff Norwich Rapist, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping another guy at a park in Norwich. Idrees Jaff, 39, of Berners Close, Norwich, was sentenced today, Wednesday, 19 February 2025, at Norwich Crown Court.
It pertains to a trial at King’s Lynn Crown Court in December 2024, during which a jury unanimously convicted him of two charges of male rape.
Idrees Jaff received a ten-year prison term followed by an additional four years on extended licence. He was additionally registered as a lifelong sex offender and will face deportation.
During the trial, the court was informed that the victim was walking near Chapelfield Gardens on the night of 10 June 2024, when he was observed by Jaff.
Idrees Jaff, unfamiliar to the victim, thereafter pursued him into the park and assaulted him sexually.
In a statement read in court the victim described the impact the attack has had on him and his family as ‘unbearable’.
“At times I feel like I have lost my mind. This is not the life I want to lead and wasn’t the life I was living before this happened.
“I have had terrible nightmares about this incident, mainly of seeing the suspect in court smirking. I will now never forget his face.
“The impact this has had on my family is unbearable. I don͛’t know where I would be if I didn͛’t have support around me. This is something no family should have to go through”
Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Constable Hayley Green, from Norfolk Constabulary’s Safeguarding and Investigation unit said: “This was a very harrowing incident where a man was targeted in public by a stranger.
“Idrees Jaff is clearly a dangerous individual who showed predatory behaviour taking advantage of someone who was very vulnerable late at night.
“I would like to commend the victim for his incredible bravery and strength throughout the investigation and trial.
“Unsurprisingly he has been left struggling to come to terms with what happened, but I hope knowing that Idrees Jaff will be in prison for a considerable time will allow him to try and move forward from this devastating ordeal and start to rebuild his life”.
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