Rape victim with Down Syndrome 'scared at all times'

Years of work building up the independence of a young woman with Down Syndrome were instantly destroyed when she was raped by Faisal Ellahi, a court has heard today.

At a sentencing hearing today, the victim's mother said that the family and support services had brought the woman, who is aged in her 20s, to the stage where she had a job, could travel on her own and could run errands for her mother.