Burglars Who Raped & Tortured Woman Jailed in Bradford

Another horrific case of torture-burglary has been completely ignored by the national media.

Mansoor Shah, 18, and his 17-year-old accomplice Stefan Reed broke into the flat of a young mother before subjecting her to a five hour ordeal, much of it in front of her young son.

The woman was raped repeatedly by both criminals before Shah tried to force her to drink bleach and bubble bath.

When this failed, he cut the head off her pet lizard and forced it into her mouth.

After that she was tied up in front of her young son before being attacked with fists and a claw hammer.

What happens to people who subject someone to all of this?

Well, Reed will serve half of his sentence of 9 years and Shah was detained indefinitely, but must serve at least 6 years.

The streets are safe tonight, then.

How can a country regard itself as civilised when people who do things like this aren't locked up for at least 30 years? They went out of their way not just to steal from this woman, but to hurt, dehumanise and humiliate her.

There is no way the media should be ignoring a case such as this.

Here is the full report from The Yorkshire Post:

A sadistic rapist who cut off the head of a lizard and put it in his victim's mouth in front of her young son has been locked up indefinitely.

Mansoor Shah, 18, and his 17-year-old accomplice Stefan Reed subjected the woman and her son to a shocking five-hour ordeal.

A judge yesterday lifted a reporting ban on the identities of the rapists as Bradford Crown Court heard sickening details of the attack last November.

The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was raped by both teenagers – both armed with knives – after they broke into her West Yorkshire home.

Her young son repeatedly pleaded with the youths not to hurt his mother and witnessed most of the gratuitous violence carried out by Shah, but the court heard he was taken to another room while his mother was raped in turns by the duo.

Peter Moulson, prosecuting, described how Shah threatened to "slice up" the terrified woman and tried to get her to drink bleach before cutting off the head of a pet lizard.

Shah tried to feed the head of the animal to a dog, but then put it in the woman's mouth in front of her son.

The mother and child had their hands tied by Shah and he attacked the woman with his fists and a claw hammer.

He also tried to get her to drink bubble bath.

While the youths were ransacking the house the mother managed to untie herself and her son. She went downstairs believing the intruders had gone, but they were still in the house and she was taken back to a bedroom where she was raped by each of the teenagers.

Judge Jonathan Rose praised the victim's courage in not screaming out while she was being raped in order not to cause her child more distress.

While the two attackers were in the kitchen the woman managed to flee barefoot from the house with her son.

Shah, of Glenlee Road, Lidget Green, Bradford, was locked up indefinitely for public protection after Judge Rose described his conduct as "savage".

The court heard that both youths had been drinking and taking drugs prior to the premeditated and planned attack.

In her victim impact statement the woman said: "I felt they thought it was one big game especially Shah. He was thriving on how scared I was. It was like he got excited the more scared I was. He was getting a buzz off it. The same with Stefan until near the end."

The pair pleaded guilty earlier this year to offences of rape and aggravated burglary.

Shah will have to serve a minimum of six years in jail and will only be released from custody when the authorities are satisfied he no longer poses a risk to the public.

Reed, of Lister Avenue, West Bowling, Bradford, was sent to detention for nine years and must serve half of that sentence.

Both will have to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.