A convicted pedophile asylum seeker has admitted raping a 19-year-old woman on a train because ‘he felt like it’, a court heard.
Sefatullah S., 30, approached a woman who had fallen asleep on an ICE train traveling from the German city of Stuttgart to Ulm. The shocked victim woke up to see him verbally raping her, the court in Stuttgart heard.
Prosecutors told how the 19-year-old woman was sleeping with her head on a table when her attacker struck at 3.45am on August 7 last year.
The defendant, said to be an Afghan refugee, admitted to the rape and told the court: “I felt like doing it, so I did it.”
Sefatullah S., who has eleven brothers and sisters, was previously convicted of ‘sexual crimes against children’, according to the German tabloid Image.
Sefatullah S., 30, approached a woman who had fallen asleep on an ICE 619 train from the German cities of Stuttgart to Ulm (file image of ICE trains in Frankfurt)
The refugee, who cannot read or write, arrived in Germany in 2015 and squandered his state handouts on drink and drugs while living rent-free in a refugee flat, the court heard.
He told the trial: ‘I use my benefits money to buy whiskey and cannabis.’
The 30-year-old suspect also dismissed the trial at the Stuttgart court as “blah blah”, local media reported.
Sefatullah S. was in custody for three months before being transferred to a psychiatric hospital in Ravensburg because he claimed to hear ‘voices’.
Police told the court he had refused to take a place on a program to monitor repeat offenders.
Judge Jasmin Neher-Klein, 63, and her colleagues will deliver a verdict on February 7.
No information is available on the status of his asylum application.
It comes after a Sudanese refugee was given permanent leave to remain in Britain while facing rape charges after attacking a drunken university student as she slept in her bed.
Adam Mohammed, aged 24, from Exeter, Devon, was found guilty of one charge of rape following a trial at Exeter Crown Court in June 2023.
He was sentenced on January 12 to eight years in prison, two-thirds of which he will serve before being released on parole.
Restaurant employee Mohammed, originally from Sudan, say he came to Britain in 2016 due to the ongoing conflict in his country.
Last year he was granted permanent leave by the Home Office to remain in Britain, despite the charges against him.
But he now faces deportation after serving his sentence and will remain on the sex offenders register for life.
During the trial, Exeter Crown Court heard how the victim, who was then a student, had been hanging out with friends in her accommodation block on the University of Exeter campus in March 2021.
Several people had joined the party, including three men unknown to the victim and the rest of her friends.
Around midnight, the victim was put to bed by friends and her door was left unlocked so friends could check in on her throughout the night.
Around 2 a.m., the victim woke up in bed and saw Mohammed raping her. She initially froze before pushing him away and fleeing to a friend’s room for help.
Police were alerted and officers immediately attended the scene and a search was carried out. Mohammed was arrested. He denied the offense but was later charged with rape.
Forensic examination of the victim’s clothing revealed DNA linked to Mohammed. He had stated that his DNA, found on the victim’s underwear, had gotten there because the group was playing drinking games that night, something the victim and witnesses all refute.
The jury unanimously found guilty, and Mohammed was convicted of one charge of rape following a trial on June 8 last year.