An Islamic studies tutor who raped a pupil has been jailed for 19 years after she delayed her abortion to prove he was the father.
Mohammed Islam, 31, started molesting the girl while teaching the Koran to children in the East End.
The sex attacks escalated in seriousness and continued until she moved to an address in Hayes, West London. Snaresbrook Crown Court heard she ‘felt powerless to stop him’ when he eventually raped and impregnated her in July last year. The 14-year-old delayed having an abortion so she could prove Islam was the father.
Islam initially claimed his victim had initiated sex but admitted rape and sexual activity with a child on the first day of trial when she turned up to give evidence against him.
A victim impact statement provided by the girl’s father highlighted the ‘pain and distress’ the abuse has put his family through.
Islam admitted rape, four counts of sexually assaulting a child and two of sexual activity with a child.
He was jailed for 19 years for rape and handed concurrent sentences of five years and two and a half years for four counts of sexually assaulting a child and two of sexual activity with a child respectively.
Islam was also made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and notification on the sex offender’s register.
