13 November 2025
An asylum seeker who raped a “vulnerable” 15-year-old girl in a busy city centre has been jailed.
Amin Abedi Mofrad, who had been staying at an asylum hotel, attacked the schoolgirl near Oxford’s Westgate shopping centre on the evening of 14 February 2024.
Last month, the 35-year-old, who is originally from Iran, was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of rape and sexual assault by penetration.
Judge Maria Lamb sentenced Mofrad to nine years and six months in prison with an extended licence period of three years.
She said Mofrad, of Mill Lane, Reading, represented a significant risk of committing further offences and causing harm.
“You were 34 and she was 15. While you may not have realised she was under 16 she looked young and you exploited the vulnerability of someone much younger,” the judge said.