Man, 32, jailed for life for rape and assault of Sikh woman in Walsall
John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assault A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman. John Ashby, 32, had admitted charges of rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assault on Tuesday. Ashby asked to see his barrister and changed his pleas around an hour after being sworn at and told to “sort you
John Ashby, who subjected woman to prolonged assault in her home, a ‘deeply unpleasant racist’, says judge
A white man “filled with hatred” has been jailed for life for racially abusing a Sikh woman as he raped her.
John Ashby, 32, followed the woman home after spotting her on a bus in Walsall in the West Midlands in October last year, and subjected her to a 24-minute ordeal after breaking in armed with a metre-long stick.
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