https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/24/man-john-ashby-32-jailed-for-life-for-rape-and-assault-of-sikh-woman-in-walsall
There are several things that make this particularly horrific:
The attacker (not known to the woman) attacked her in her own home.
The racial motivation (and the utter ignorance - he didn’t even know what religion she was)
This wasn’t opportunistic - it was deliberate, targeted.
Glad he was given a life sentence - no doubt there will be critics who will cite other rapists given lighter sentences but an attacker who is so determined that he is willing to break into a strangers home has no place in society.
I honestly hope he doesn’t make it out of prison alive.