Aland Ahmed was jailed for nine years in his absence
29 Jan 2026
Missing rapist Aland Ahmed (Image: Nottinghamshire Police)
A rapist picked up and carried a 15-year-old girl into a bedroom against her will and subjected her to a violent sex attack.
Nottingham Crown Court heard how after being arrested and charged Aland Ahmed then fled the country and his whereabouts still remains a mystery.
As such the 23-year-old, who was 19 at the time of the offence, was tried in his absence and found guilty of a single charge of rape.
And in a victim impact statement the teenager told how she has “turned to drink and drugs” as a result of what happened to her.
Jailing the defendant for nine years, Judge Steven Coupland said: “He was 19 at the time and is still only 23 now and the delay in this case is entirely down to him because of his initial denials of the offence and then him absenting himself.
“He chose not to attend the court, breached his bail and hasn’t been seen for some 21 months.
“She had only turned 15 and it is plain she did not want to have sex with him as she physically resisted him.
“As a result of this he physically carried her into a bedroom where, despite her protestations he raped her for some five to ten minutes without using a condom.
“He only stopped when someone else in the flat disturbed them and she was noticed to be crying hysterically.
“She then had to relive what happened in a video interview and then at the trial when his denials had to be put to her, despite him not attending or being here for that trial.
“I have read her victim impact statement in which she says as a result of what happened she turned to drugs and drink which ruined her relationship with her family and led to her now living in supported accommodation.
“She now suffers from complex PTSD, has trouble trusting people and is unable to sleep.
“It is clear there is severe psychological harm in this case.”
The trial heard how the rape took place at a flat in Nottingham in 2022.
Nick Corsellis KC said the teenager and Ahmed, of Highbury Vale, were in the flat where he “made advances on her” which she tried to fight off.
He said: “She resisted him but he carried her into a bedroom where she was forcefully raped and his DNA was found in her underwear.
“After being charged and appearing at the magistrates’ court he then absented himself and is believed to be out of the country.
“As a result, he did not attend his trial, there is no pre-sentence report and very little is known about him.
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