November 2014
A pervert has been convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old girl
Burhan Abdulrahman, aged 34, from Plymouth was found guilty of indecently touching the youngster following a trial at Plymouth Crown Court.
He had denied sexual assault between February and May last year but was convicted by a jury.
The victim, appearing over the video-link, told the court that Abdulrahman had touched her indecently as they sat on a sofa in a shared house in the city.
The court heard she had been visiting a family friend – who was also friends with Abdulrahman.
The girl said he told her to stop, but he carried on touching her.
She added that she then told the family friend, who threw Abdulrahman, also known as “Biggy”, out of the house.
The girl said she did not tell the police what happened until a few weeks later.
Another girl, who was also in the room at the time, said that she saw Abdulrahman touching the complainant’s thigh as they sat on the sofa.
Kelly Scrivener, opening the case for the Crown Prosecution Service, said that the defendant had reacted angrily when he was arrested.
She added: “He said in front of the custody sergeant when he was aware of the complaint: “I will rape her next time”.
Abdulrahman, of Mount Gould Road, admitted being in the room with the girls but denied touching the complainant indecently.
The court heard that he had previously been in trouble with the police but had no convictions for sexual offences.
Judge Assistant Advocate General Alan Large adjourned the case for a probation report on a date to be set next year.
Abdulrahman was released on bail.
He said: “You may well go to prison. I will need to look at the risk you pose and look at alternatives to a custodial sentence.”
