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Gamal Demian, 51, had been jailed for 20 years
Egyptian migrant Gamal Demian, 51, who is also mute, had been jailed for 20 years for horrific attacks on three girls as young as eight.
He was jailed last October at Kingston Crown Court in south-west London after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
Appeal Court judges were told Demian, who moved to London in 2004, was considered “dangerous” and one of the attacks happened while he was on police bail.
But the court cut his sentence to 18 years after hearing Demian found jail life “isolating”.
His barrister Judith Benson said: “Each day in prison is going to be so much more burdensome and difficult.”
She argued that the rapist had a harder, and more boring, time in jail because of his inability to hear the television or talk to fellow inmates.
His barrister Judith Benson said: “Each day in prison is going to be so much more burdensome and difficult.”
Judge Adele Williams said: “We are persuaded that some reduction in the sentence should have been made because of his deafness."
Ukip MEP Gerard Batten called the decision “ludicrous”.
Gamal Demian, 51, had been jailed for 20 years
Egyptian migrant Gamal Demian, 51, who is also mute, had been jailed for 20 years for horrific attacks on three girls as young as eight.
He was jailed last October at Kingston Crown Court in south-west London after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
Appeal Court judges were told Demian, who moved to London in 2004, was considered “dangerous” and one of the attacks happened while he was on police bail.
But the court cut his sentence to 18 years after hearing Demian found jail life “isolating”.
His barrister Judith Benson said: “Each day in prison is going to be so much more burdensome and difficult.”
She argued that the rapist had a harder, and more boring, time in jail because of his inability to hear the television or talk to fellow inmates.
His barrister Judith Benson said: “Each day in prison is going to be so much more burdensome and difficult.”
Judge Adele Williams said: “We are persuaded that some reduction in the sentence should have been made because of his deafness."
Ukip MEP Gerard Batten called the decision “ludicrous”.
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