Friday, December 12, 2025 - A migrant has been charged with abducting and r@ping a 15-year-old girl while living in an asylum hotel.
Sri Lankan Yashin Himasara, 20, is accused of beating and
strangling the teenage girl after he ‘carried her away against her will’ in
Feltham, west London on November 1.
He had been living in the three-star St Giles Hotel in
Feltham, which is being used by the government to house asylum seekers.
Himasara denied the charges as he appeared at Isleworth
Crown Court via video-link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
He spoke to confirm his name and date of birth, aided by a
Sinhala interpreter.
Himasara denied one count of kidnapping, one count of rape,
one count of ass@ult by penetration, and one count of assault by beating.
He also denied one count of s£xual activity with a child and
two counts of intentional strangulation.
Bozzie Sheffi, defending, said Himasara struggles to speak
English and will need to be assisted by an interpreter at trial.
Judge Kwame Inyundo remanded the migrant into custody ahead
of his trial on April 27 next year.
The judge told him: ‘If you do not attend your trial, it
will go ahead without you and you won’t be able to tell the jury your side of
the story.
‘On top of that, you may be committing a separate offence.’
Judge Kwame Inyundo asked Himasara: ‘Do you understand the
allegations?’ to which Himasara responded: ‘Yes.’
A government spokesperson said: ‘We are bearing down on
foreign criminals and illegal migrants who exploit our laws by making vexatious
human rights claims that ground flights.
‘As well as introducing the most significant reforms to
tackle illegal migration in modern times, we are scaling up removals of people
with no right to be here - with nearly 50,000 already removed.
‘This action will make our country and its citizens safer,
bringing an end to abuse of our legal system and securing Britain’s borders.’
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