The British sex offender and Manchester rapist, Rahmat Qalander, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping a vulnerable lady on a bus. Rahmat Qalander assaulted the woman on the X43 bus travelling from Burnley to Manchester on February 1.
He positioned himself behind his victim on the upper level before coercing her to the rear of the bus, where he raped her.
Rahmat Qalander then got off the bus in Manchester and the victim, who is in her 20s and “has a number of vulnerabilities”, reported what happened to the driver, and police were called.
Following enquiries, Rahmat Qalander was identified and arrested. He was charged with the rape, and a second sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl, which took place on a bus in Nelson on 6 February.
Rahmat Qalander, 23, was classed as a dangerous offender by the judge at Preston Crown Court. He was told he must serve two thirds of the ten-year sentence before he is released. Rahmat Qalander will then be on licence for a further three years.
Temp Det Chief Insp Sarah Denson, of East CID, said: “Rahmat Qalander is clearly a dangerous sexual predator who targeted lone and vulnerable young women to carry out his offending.
“I would like to commend the victims in this case for their bravery in disclosing what happened to them and for having the courage to go through the court process.
“I am pleased that justice has been served for them and for the wider community who will be protected from this dangerous offender for many years.”
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