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A rapist who has been on the run for eight years finally apprehended

An eight-year manhunt in Europe finally ended with the capture and imprisonment of a rapist.

While being on trial for raping a man he knew in September 2014, Sarbaz Najmadeen Ali, 36, escaped the courtroom during a lunch break.

He was found guilty of rape, attempted rape, penetration assault, and two counts of sexual assault against a 33-year-old in Hastings in 2013 by a jury at Hove Crown Court while he was not present.

Ali, however, managed to flee the nation before being apprehended, and he later committed other sex crimes in Germany and France.

Eventually, a police officer in the German city of Regensburg recognised Ali from a BBC Crimewatch appeal and told Sussex Police he was in custody there.

But Ali was then extradited to France for sexual offences he carried out there.

He had to serve one year in jail there before the UK could execute a European Arrest Warrant and get him extradited to this country.

Hove Crown Court.
Ali escaped from Hove Crown Court while he was on trial for multiple sex offences in September 2014

Ali, a former barber, appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Wednesday and was finally brought to justice.

The predator, formerly of Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, was handed a total of seven years in prison, plus a further three years on an extended licence.

He was also sentenced to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life, which will restrict his access to children under the age of 16.

‘This is to reflect his dangerousness to young people following his conviction in France,’ Sussex Police said.

Investigator Julian Stokes said: ‘Admiration has to be given to the courageous victim, who gave evidence at the trial in 2014 and who has had to wait for more than eight years for justice to be served following Ali’s sentencing.

‘This demonstrates that Sussex Police will go to extraordinary lengths to bring dangerous offenders such as Ali, back to the UK to face justice.’

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