CRUEL CONFESSION

Failed asylum seeker who raped teenage girl has admitted three more serious sex offences

He even carried a sign saying ‘migrants are not criminals’ during a protest at a detention centre in Oxfordshire

• News Reporter

• Published: 22:24, 16 Apr 2025

AN asylum seeker who raped a teenage girl has admitted three more serious sex offences.

Anicet Mayela, 41, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of rape and two of sexual activity with a child.The Congolese national was jailed for nearly 11 years for raping a girl of 15 in Oxford in 2023.

The latest charges relate to sex attacks in the same city between June 2016 and June 2017.

The Sun revealed Mayela defied multiple attempts to deport him after arriving in the UK illegally in 2004.

He even carried a sign saying “migrants are not criminals” during a protest at a detention centre in Oxfordshire.