Indian Man, Who Fled UK After Sexually Assaulting Woman, Gets 7 Years In Jail

An Indian man, who fled to India in 2017 after a sexual assault on a woman in the UK, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for the rape.

Ajay Rana, 35, was found guilty of raping the woman in the back of his housemate's car in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk, eastern England, after offering her a lift on December 9, 2017.

He then fled to India on December 13, claiming he was visiting his mother who was ill. He was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court in Suffolk, after being found guilty of rape following a two-week trial, and was also ordered to sign the sex offenders' register indefinitely.