It comes after Shawaz Ditta, of Bath Road, Worcester, showed no emotion as he was jailed for nine years for rape and two assaults, both using weapons, at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday.
The 31-year-old attacked a woman with tongs and a ‘heated knife’ in 2022, which led the victim of the attack to later report the incident in early 2023.
JAILED: Shafaz Ditta, who served as a Worcester councillor for two years, has been convicted of rape (Image: Andy Burton/Worcester City Council)
This led to an investigation being launched by West Mercia Police’s Protecting People Unit (PPU).
Detective Constable Lydia Burrows of West Mercia Police’s PPU South said: “Ditta is a violent sexual predator who belongs behind bars.
“His conviction will hopefully give his survivor some closure and the opportunity to move forward with her life now.
“Ditta was formerly a city councillor, so this result shows that nobody is above the law, regardless of status in society.
“We would like to commend the survivor for having the courage to come forward and report this to police and hope it will encourage others to do the same.
“We will always take you seriously and treat you with empathy and respect as we seek to get justice against the perpetrators of such awful offences.”
VIOLENT: It comes after Shawaz Ditta, of Bath Road, Worcester, showed no emotion as he was jailed for nine years for rape and two assaults (Image: West Mercia Police)
The brave woman told officers how he had assaulted her several times by throwing metal tongs at her head and by burning a knife on the hob and pressing it against her leg. She reported to police that he had raped her too.
HHJ Andrew Lockhart sentenced Ditta to nine years for rape.
Concurrent sentences of two years and six months were imposed respectively for the two assaults, making it a total sentence of nine years.
A 10-year restraining order was also granted to protect the victim, he was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £288.
Charges of controlling and coercive behaviour, along with a further offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, were ordered to lie on file.
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