Mohammed Azim
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A judge was blasted by campaigners yesterday after a a rape victim was made to sit through CCTV footage of her sickening sex attack.
She was forced to relive her ordeal at the hands of Mohammed Azim as he smashed a bottle over her head, dragged her into a nearby factory by the hair and raped her for 25 minutes.
Azim, 31, was convicted but charity Rape Crisis blasted the trial judge’s decision to put the victim through more pain so lawyers could quiz her about the video.
Chief executive Yvonne Traynor said: “The judge had an opportunity to decide what to do and blatantly made the wrong decision.
“I am appalled this woman had been through enough and then to be shown this in court to torture her again shows an appalling lack of consideration and common sense.”
Jurors at Wolverhampton crown court found Azim guilty of three sex charges. He denied the drink and drug-fuelled attack in November.
Azim appeared in Stafford crown court on Friday and was jailed for at least 16 years.
The court heard Azim, of Oldbury, West Mids, had past convictions for manslaughter and a kidnap involving a man’s death.
Judge Michael Chalinnor told him: “In spite of clear evidence you continued to maintain your innocence. You are lucky to have escaped a mandatory life sentence.”
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling last month announced plans to spare vulnerable victims the ordeal of brutal cross examinations in court.
A series of pilots will see them give evidence on video before the trial.
She was forced to relive her ordeal at the hands of Mohammed Azim as he smashed a bottle over her head, dragged her into a nearby factory by the hair and raped her for 25 minutes.
Azim, 31, was convicted but charity Rape Crisis blasted the trial judge’s decision to put the victim through more pain so lawyers could quiz her about the video.
Chief executive Yvonne Traynor said: “The judge had an opportunity to decide what to do and blatantly made the wrong decision.
“I am appalled this woman had been through enough and then to be shown this in court to torture her again shows an appalling lack of consideration and common sense.”
Jurors at Wolverhampton crown court found Azim guilty of three sex charges. He denied the drink and drug-fuelled attack in November.
Azim appeared in Stafford crown court on Friday and was jailed for at least 16 years.
The court heard Azim, of Oldbury, West Mids, had past convictions for manslaughter and a kidnap involving a man’s death.
Judge Michael Chalinnor told him: “In spite of clear evidence you continued to maintain your innocence. You are lucky to have escaped a mandatory life sentence.”
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling last month announced plans to spare vulnerable victims the ordeal of brutal cross examinations in court.
A series of pilots will see them give evidence on video before the trial.
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