We can now confirm that an asylum seeker who had been in Britain for less than 12 months, who twice raped a vulnerable 18-year-old woman in a Nottinghamshire park will be deported following his release after serving two-thirds of his 10-year prison term

Sheraz Malik, 28, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 11th June 2026, to 10 years in custody, with an additional four-year extended licence period.

Two-thirds of his custodial sentence amounts to six years and eight months, with qualifying time already spent on remand counting towards that period.

The Pakistani national, previously of Bath Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, attacked the woman in Sutton Lawn park on 29th June 2025.

She had already been raped by another man Malik was with. That suspect remained unidentified at the time of sentencing.

Malik claimed the sex was consensual, but a jury rejected his account and convicted him of two counts of rape in January 2026.

The court heard the woman had been drinking with a male friend before meeting Malik and a group of men she did not know. Her friend asked them to look after her while he briefly went elsewhere.

Instead, Malik took advantage of her vulnerability, taking her to a secluded spot, punching her in the face and raping her.

Sentencing him, Judge Simon Ash KC condemned his lack of remorse and failure to recognise the serious harm he had caused.

“There is no evidence of remorse or of you having any insight into the serious harm you have caused to the victim,” the judge said.

“You appear to feel only hostility and anger towards her.”

Malik had been in Britain for less than 12 months when he committed the rapes. The court heard he had previously lived in France, Germany and Italy