A 17-year-old boy – who is an Afghan national but cannot be named for legal reasons – was also convicted of rape, but he did not try to escape the UK. He was sentenced to two years and seven months in a youth detention centre.
In a victim impact statement read out to the court, the girl said the attack had left her “traumatised” and fearful of leaving the house.
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She added that she is a “different person” to who she was a year ago.
“I had a lot more friends, I would go out a lot more, I was happier. Now, I’ve stopped going out, I don’t even leave the house in general.
“If I ever leave the house, it is only with my best friend or mum. I would not be able to go out by myself, even the thought of that makes me panic.
“Generally my brain keeps blocking out the trauma that happened to me, but when I am feeling low emotionally it all comes back and makes me feel even worse.
“Sometimes I would dream about what happened, which I was not expecting – and I do not like those dreams at all,” she said.
