13 years for ‘appalling’ rape of woman with Down syndrome

A man has been jailed for 13 years for raping a young woman with Down syndrome, an offence the judge described as “frightening, appalling, disgusting and depraved”.

Photo: Faisal Ellahi, originally from Haripur in Pakistan, who was yesterday jailed for 13 years for the rape and sexual assault of a woman at his Dublin home on June 12, 2013. The judge said he hopes Ellahi will be deported when his sentence is completed. Picture: Paddy Cummins

Faisal Ellahi, aged 34, who is originally from Haripur in Pakistan, had pleaded not guilty last year to rape, sexual assault and having sex with a mentally impaired person at his Dublin home on June 12, 2013.