A dangerous sexual predator and rapist, Rafat Galhad has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in London for rape after Met officers work day and night to bring him to justice.
A release by Met Police said its officers worked a number of 24-hour shifts to secure a rape charge, leading to a dangerous predator from north London being sentenced to ten years in jail.
Galhad of Ashmount Road, Tottenham, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Thursday, 4 July at Wood Green Crown Court for one count of rape and one count of attempted rape against one woman.
Detective Constable Imran Musalman, the officer leading the investigation, said Galhad was a dangerous sexual predator who targeted the victim-survivor while she was on a night out.
He said this sentence sent a clear message to would-be offenders, saying that the police would actively pursue and prosecute offenders using the full extent of the law.
Musalman said violence against women and girls had a profound and long-lasting impact on those affected, adding that such violence affected local communities and impacts how safe people feel where they live, and how confident they were in their local police.
“Our job is to safeguard victims and secure justice for them. We will not stop in our mission to tackle violence against women and girls,” he said.
According to the Met, police were first made aware of Galhad when the victim-survivor made an emergency call on December 2023 to say she had been raped at a property in east London.
The police said the victim-survivor had been out with friends in Hackney on Kingsland Road when Galhad offered to walk the victim home as he then subjected the victim-survivor to a violent rape, causing multiple injuries.
The Met said immediately responding to the call, local officers worked quickly to find Galhad, arresting him within 24 hours, and interviewed him immediately, adding that specialist officers then worked tirelessly to build a watertight case against Galhad, resulting in him being charged two days after the incident.
The police said he was sent to trial at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday, 10 June, where he pleaded guilty to his offences.
The Met Police added that tackling violence against women and girls is a key priority for all officers across the Met, from specialist teams, to local neighbourhood officer.
