Ex-Obama adviser flew to UK to rape girl, 9, and brought suitcase packed with condoms and cuddly toys
Ex-Obama adviser flew to UK to rape girl, 9, and brought suitcase packed with condoms and cuddly toys
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A FORMER adviser to Barack Obama flew to the UK to rape a nine-year-old girl. Investment banker Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled from New York to Bedfordshire to meet the schoolgirl and even packed a suitcase with condoms and toys. The twisted predator described the “unspeakable acts” he was planning on an online forum and messaging apps to someone he believed to be the girl's grandma.
![[Photo of Rahamim Shy in a car.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/former-us-government-adviser-rahamim-967609197.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But the person using the name "Debbie" was in fact a decoy account created by a police officer from Bedfordshire Police. Shy was sentenced yesterday to 11 and a half years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted at Luton crown court last year. The court heard he had described the girl's age of nine as a "tad late" to start sexual activity and that it was an "honour" to be considered "her first".
![[Two stuffed animals in plastic bags.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/cuddly-toys-found-luggage-former-967609192.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Shy flew to Gatwick airport on February 23 last year before driving to Bedford, where he was immediately arrested. Officers found several cuddly toys and condoms within his luggage after his arrest. Prosecutors argued the items demonstrated "a clear intent to win the child over before abusing her".
![[Packets of various brands of condoms.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/former-us-government-adviser-rahamim-967865191.png?strip=all&w=960)
Shy tried to delete the "depraved messages" he had sent after arriving in the UK messages retrieved from his phone suggest he had discussed his sexual interest in children with others. Indecent images of children were also discovered on his phone by police.
