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A teenager helped snare the man who tried to r.ape her after she managed to record the brutal assault on her mobile phone. Student Lillian Constantine, 18, can be heard screaming and pleading with her attacker on the two-minute 47-second clip, recorded on her Samsung as she walked home in Ramsgate, Kent.
It is thought to be the first time ever that a victim's own footage of an entire attack has helped put a r.apist behind bars. It was only because Lillian was using her phone to light the way that she was able to hit the record button.
Ashraf Miah, 34, attacked her beneath a street light that had been turned off by a council to save money. Police were able to isolate a still from the grainy film, allowing Miah, a Bangladeshi takeaway worker, to be traced to an address in London.
The illegal immigrant was jailed last month for 13-and-a-half years and must serve a minimum of nine-and-a-half years.
In an amazing show of courage, the teenager has today waived her right to anonymity to tell other sex crime victims to come forward.
She said: 'It can be hard to fight off a grown man, but if anyone in my situation can grab their phone and try to capture them, you may have more of a chance. 'I'm glad I did it. If I hadn't, it would have been someone else in the end.'
Lillian was attacked near her home in the seaside town. She was distraught when she learned 124 lights in the borough had been turned off from midnight to 5.30am to save Kent County Council £1million a year and cut carbon emissions.
The illegal immigrant was jailed last month for 13-and-a-half years and must serve a minimum of nine-and-a-half years.
She said: 'It can be hard to fight off a grown man, but if anyone in my situation can grab their phone and try to capture them, you may have more of a chance. 'I'm glad I did it. If I hadn't, it would have been someone else in the end.'
Lillian was attacked near her home in the seaside town. She was distraught when she learned 124 lights in the borough had been turned off from midnight to 5.30am to save Kent County Council £1million a year and cut carbon emissions.
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