Afghan migrant accused of assaulting and smuggling teenager to UK

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Sept, 01:42 · Archive

An Afghan migrant is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl before smuggling her into Britain by small boat.

An Afghan migrant has been accused in court of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl from a migrant camp in Belgium in June last year, then smuggling her into Britain via small boat. GB News reports this is said to be the first known instance of a child being abducted and taken into Britain over the Channel on a dinghy.

How it is being reported

• Afghan boat migrant 'smuggled schoolgirl, 14, into Britain after kidnapping and sexually assaulting her'GB News · 28 Sept, 01:26
• Afghan migrant 'kidnapped and sexually assaulted' teenager before 'smuggling her into UK'Daily Express · 27 Sept, 22:37

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