Rapist jailed for 'horrific' act

The judge said the teenager had endured a "horrific" attack

A man who abducted and raped a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Watson Ogora, 33, and an accomplice, forced the girl into a car and made her swallow a date-rape drug before raping her, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

They caught the girl near Plaistow tube station, east London, in January 2005.

The judge recommended Ogora, who had indefinite leave to remain in the UK, for deportation back to Uganda. His accomplice is still at large.

Ogora was convicted of two counts of rape, two counts of sexual activity with a child, kidnapping and false imprisonment. He denied all charges.

'Horrific' attack

The schoolgirl, from Glasgow, had lost consciousness after the first attack, but she was raped again by both men the next morning, the court heard.

The victim made her way to safety 48 hours after her disappearance, as her relatives from Scotland joined the police to search for her.

It was an horrific, awful experience this young lady had to endure Judge David Radford

The girl was so traumatised that she has still not revealed how she escaped her abductors.

Semen stains on the teenager's clothes led to Ogora's arrest. The girl had also sustained injuries as a result of rape, the court heard.

Sentencing Ogora, Judge David Radford said: "It was an horrific, awful experience this young lady had to endure."

Ogora's claim that the teenager willingly had sex with him was "a pack of lies", Judge Radford said.

Ogora received 12 years' jail term for each count of rape and 10 years in jail for false imprisonment and two counts of sexual activity with a child. All sentences will run concurrently.