Indian man jailed for 6 years in UK for rape; police hunt for two suspects who fled UK World News
An Indian man has been jailed for six years after admitting raping a woman in Bristol city centre, while police are still trying to track down two other suspects charged in connection with the same incident.Nitesh Nitesh, 20, was sentenced after he admitted rape and attacked a woman in her 30s in Assembly Rooms Lane in the early hours of March 29, the Daily Mail reported.The victim was attacked at around 3.18am and received help from members of the public who called police. Officers from Avon and Somerset Police were on scene within minutes.Investigators later identified Nitesh after releasing photos of four men they believed were involved in the attack. He was arrested and later admitted the crime in court.The attack had a devastating impact on the victim’s mental health, the court heard.In a statement read out in court, she said: “Although I started doing well, I didn’t want to think about it because it would put me back in that place.”She added, “Another reason that brought me to the investigation was the thought that this could have happened to someone else, someone more vulnerable or a young teenage girl.”The Crown Prosecution Service has authorized charges against two other men in the same incident. Police said both suspects were believed to have left the UK and inquiries were ongoing into their whereabouts.Detective Inspector Simon Da Costa described Nitesh as a “dangerous sexual predator” and said the victim had shown considerable courage throughout the investigation.“This crime had an inexplicable physical, emotional and mental impact on the victim,” he said.Da Costa added that her support for the investigation was motivated by a desire to protect others from similar harm.Police said they remained committed to tracking down the suspects and bringing them to court.
