Omar Ali Jailed for Rape & Sexual Assault of Young Teenagers in Birmingham

From The Birmingham Mail:

A “SEXUAL predator” who picked up two teenage girls in Birmingham before luring them to a flat and raping one of them has been jailed for 13 years.

Omar Ali, 25, of Park Terrace, Handsworth, was said by a judge to have “prowled” the city’s shopping centres in search of vulnerable young women.

Judge William Davis QC said Ali persuaded two 14-year-olds from Nuneaton to come with him to a flat, where he raped one and sexually asssaulted the other.

Jailing him, the judge said Ali had “struck lucky” in his own mind because both victims had fallen out with their parents.

He said: “It is perfectly plain from the pre-sentence report that you are a sexual predator. You are someone who wishes to exercise control.”

The judge said it was that which made him dangerous and somebody who presented a significant risk of serious harm to the public.

It was fortunate, he said, that neither of the 14-year-olds appeared to have suffered serious psychological damage as a result of what Ali had done to them.

Ali had previously been convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court of two charges of rape and one of sexual assault.

Wilvert Harris, defending, said Ali, who was of previous good character, had shown immaturity when he gave evidence during his trial.