A SEXUAL predator who used the internet to meet women tried to rape a victim - then apologised by text.

Farhan Hussain, 21, texted his victim five days after the attack, saying: “Please 4giv me.”

But the message proved his downfall as police traced his mobile and arrested him.

Now he has been jailed for four years after he admitted attempted rape.

Asleep

A court heard Hussain used the internet to befriend women and he had met a woman from Stockport at the end of 2007, using the name Steven Johnson.

He went to her flat in March 2008 and spent the day drinking before going to sleep on the floor of the apartment while she slept in the bedroom.


He is a danger to women and has rightly been jailed where he no longer poses a threat.
Det Con James Campbell

But we woke during the night and went into the front room where he tried to rape the woman's friend, who was asleep on a couch.

The other woman woke up and noticed Hussain was no longer on the bedroom floor and discovered him attempting to commit the rape.

She confronted Hussain and he left the flat. Five days later he sent a text to the woman he had attacked, saying: “I raped my girlfriends mate shame!! I do apologise for dat and Im saying sory 4rm my heart. Please 4giv me.”

Visit

Police traced the phone that sent the message and Hussain was arrested.

Hussain, of Green Lane, London, was jailed for four years after he admitted attempted rape at Minshull Street Crown Court.

He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for life.

He will be deported to Bangladesh when he has served his sentence.

Internet

After the hearing, Det Con James Campbell said: “Hussain was an active internet user who contacted many women.

“He befriended the victim's friend, wormed his way into their lives and attempted to rape one of the women who was drunk and totally unaware of what he was doing.

“He is a danger to women and has rightly been jailed where he no longer poses a threat.”

Emergency

Anyone who has been a victim of rape or sexual assault can contact Greater Manchester Police on 0161 872 5050 or 999 in an emergency. GMP has specially trained officers to deal with victims of sex crimes.

St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester can also be contacted on 0161 276 6515.

It provides counselling and medical care as well as providing police with forensic evidence.