Indian scholar in UK carries drunk girl to his flat, rapes her; will get 6 yrs in jail

By India Today World Desk: CCTV footage of an Indian scholar carrying an “intoxicated” girl in his arms to his room earlier than raping her has gone viral. Preet Vikal, 20, additionally took a ‘trophy {photograph}’ of the sufferer in his mattress earlier than attacking her, The Daily Mail reported.

He admitted rape and was sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in a younger offenders’ establishment, the BBC reported.

The engineering scholar carried the woman to his room after assembly her outdoors Cardiff membership within the UK in June final yr, studies mentioned. Preet Vikal encountered the “hopelessly intoxicated” girl outdoors a music venue within the Welsh capital and took benefit of her susceptible state, the court docket heard.

Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe mentioned Vikal and the sufferer, who didn’t know one another, went out with separate teams of mates.

CHILLING CCTV SHOWS STUDENT CARRYING WOMAN TO HIS ROOM

The CCTV footage performed within the court docket confirmed Preet carrying the sufferer in his arms and later throughout his shoulders at round 4am. He then laid her on the bottom and lifted her to her toes, the video exhibits. As they handed the Blackweir pub, the sufferer was strolling however leaning closely on Vikal.

“She was bleeding. She found her clothes folded, got out of bed and got dressed. The victim asked for the defendant’s Instagram address and once she left, she messaged him asking him if they had sex, and if so, whether they had used protection, “prosecutor Matthew Cobbe mentioned.

“The answer she had was that yes, they had, but they had not used protection.”

The court docket heard that Vikal despatched the image to a buddy later that day and mentioned within the chat that he had “forgotten” to make use of a condom.

After studying about what had transpired, the girl reached out to the police and Preet was arrested on the identical day. He gave a ready assertion claiming the sufferer had been a “willing participant”.

The prosecutor mentioned it was clear the sufferer was too drunk to consent to intercourse. But Vikal pleaded not responsible earlier than he lastly admitted the rape on the day of trial.

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‘REAL SHINING STAR’

Louise Sweet, mitigating, mentioned her consumer was “a real shining star”, The Daily Mail reported.

“Coming from a village north of Delhi, he is a young man who worked extremely hard, so much so he won a scholarship to support his study in engineering. He was the first of his family to go to university, the first of his village to go overseas and study. He was fulfilling his dreams to come here and those of his parents,” Louise Sweet mentioned.

Detective Constable Nick Woodland from South Wales Police instructed the BBC: “Stranger attacks such as these are extremely unusual in Cardiff but in Preet Vikal we had a dangerous individual.He took advantage of an intoxicated and vulnerable young woman who became separated from her friends.”

According to police, an “extensive” trawl of CCTV led to Vikal being recognized and arrested. Vikal will serve two thirds of his sentence in custody and the rest on licence.

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