A CONVICTED rapist who tricked a vulnerable teenager into believing he was a minicab driver so he could sexually attack her has been given an extended ten-year prison sentence.

Sajaket Khan targeted the intoxicated 18-year-old in Bradford city centre at 1am on Christmas Day last year, luring her into his car and driving her to a secluded ginnel down a dead end.

He took her phone on the journey, saying he wanted to look up directions to her address, and then attempted to lure her down the alleyway, Bradford Crown Court heard.

When the woman’s instinct for danger kicked in and she demanded her phone back, Khan became aggressive, pushing her to the ground and driving off.

Khan, 32, of Stillington House, Allison Lane, Bolton Woods, Bradford, pleaded guilty to kidnap and breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed when he was jailed in July 2013, for two offences of rape.

He locked a lone woman in the back of his car in April 2012, and orally raped her twice after she had been out with friends in Queensbury.

Khan was given an 11-year extended jail term for the rapes, six years in custody with a five-year licence extension.

He had previous convictions for sexual offences dating back to when he was 14, including indecent assault and indecent exposure, the court heard today.

Prosecutor Rebecca Young said the latest offences showed a pattern of targeting lone women who had been drinking and were extremely vulnerable.

Jayne Beckett, Khan’s barrister, said there were psychological and psychiatric reports and letters from Khan and his wife.

He had been remanded in custody for many months during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mrs Beckett said he now had a young child and had resolved to change his ways. He needed ongoing treatment for a number of mental health difficulties.

Judge Richard Mansell QC said Khan would have raped or carried out a serious sexual assault on the teenager if she had not challenged him.

He had lain in wait to target a lone drunken female stranger and taken her phone to stop her calling for help.

She had been left afraid to go out alone, anxious, depressed and awaiting counselling.

Khan had breached the SHPO because it prohibited him from inviting female strangers into his car.

None of the time he had spent on remand would count towards his sentence because he had been recalled to prison on licence, Judge Mansell said.

He sentenced Khan to a ten-year extended prison term, five years in custody and five years on extended licence.

Khan will spend at least two thirds and possibly the whole of the custodial term behind bars.

He must sign on the sex offender register for life.