The conviction of two Afghan ‘small boat’ asylum seekers for orally raping a teenage girl was bad enough—but those close to the case fear matters could get much worse.
Unusually given their purported age, Judge Sylvia De Bertodano lifted reporting restrictions and allowed the naming of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal—who both claim to be about 17, but threw away their documents before arriving on UK shores illegally—in the public interest.
