Asylum Seeker Raped Virgin Twice As She Walked Home From Night Out

AN asylum seeker who raped a young virgin twice as she walked to her boyfriend's house has been jailed for ten years.

Mebrehtom Abrha, from Eritrea, shoved his victim to the ground, ripped her dress and ignored her screams she was a virgin during the brutal attack last year.

The sick 25-year-old followed his victim for 10 minutes before attacking her, raping her twice and walking away "chillingly and casually".
It happened as the 21-year-old victim, who described herself as "slightly drunk", was walking back to her boyfriend's from a night out in Liverpool city centre.

She had been intending to hail a cab but couldn't find any, so began walking the mile and a half distance to his house, running part of the way as it was raining heavily.
She didn't realise she was being followed until she passed Crown Park and spotted her attacker creeping up from behind.
Prosecuting David McLachlan said: "All she remembered was ending up on the ground. She guessed she had been thrown over.
"She remembered being shocked and thinking ‘this can’t be happening’. She started screaming, she was shouting ‘please don’t’. She said ‘I’m a virgin, please don’t do this to me’.
"She described how he got up and walked away in a casual manner. He didn’t run away, he just walked off."
The victim suffered injuries to her back and neck during the horrific attack and was tested for sexually transmitted diseases, which thankfully came back negative.