Rotherham grooming victim not told of rapist's prison move
A child rapist convicted in the Rotherham grooming scandal has been moved to an open prison after serving two-and-a-half years of his nine-year sentence, without his victim being informed.
A child rapist convicted in the Rotherham street grooming scandal has been moved to an open prison without his victim being informed.
Taxi driver Ashgar Bostan was jailed in 2018 after being convicted of two counts of rape.
Elizabeth - not her real name - said moving her attacker to an open prison had left her "absolutely petrified".
The Ministry of Justice has apologised and said it was investigating the matter.
Bostan was jailed for nine years after being convicted of raping Elizabeth twice at a flat in Rotherham, UK, when she was about 14 or 15 years old.
Newsnightβs UK Editor Katie Razzall reports.
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