Former US government adviser who flew to UK to rape ‘nine-year-old girl’ jailed
Former US government adviser who flew to UK to rape ‘nine-year-old girl’ jailed
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A former US government adviser who flew to the UK to rape who he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been jailed, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedfordshire from New York in February last year to have sex with the girl after more than a month of planning involving messages with an individual posing as a woman called “Debbie”, the girl’s grandmother.
Unbeknown to Shy, Debbie was in fact an undercover Bedfordshire police officer and the child did not exist. Shy, of Jersey City in New Jersey, was found guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, namely rape, and possessing indecent photographs of a child, at Luton Crown Court on Wednesday, the CPS said.
Using an online forum and messaging apps, Shy described in detail disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl and said he was prepared to travel to England to do so. He described the child’s age of nine as a “tad late” to start sexual activity, and said it was an “honour” to be considered “her first”.
Shy, an international investment banker, flew from the US to Gatwick Airport on February 23 2024 before driving to Bedford where he met the undercover officer and was arrested. Upon arrest, officers found cuddly toys and condoms in his luggage which the prosecution argued demonstrated a clear intent to win the child over before abusing her.
