00:00An asylum seeker who arrived in the UK on a small boat is facing years in prison for
00:04raping a woman at a London hostel. 30-year-old Yusuf al-Maliki carried out the attack on a
00:10woman he had just met on the 1st of August last year, while staying at the Aster Hotel in South
00:16Kensington. The Iraqi national, who says he came to the UK while fleeing torture in Baghdad,
00:22denied the charge of rape, but he was found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court
00:27by a majority of 10-2 on Monday after a week-long trial. Judge Christopher Heahe remanded al-Maliki
00:34back into custody until sentencing on the 21st of April, when he was charged with rape,
00:39followed the court proceedings from the dock with an Arabic interpreter by his side.
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