WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. One of Rizwan Khan’s victims has bravely opened up about her harrowing rape ordeal at the hands of the disgraced former Hollyoaks star
A woman who survived a horrific rape at the hands of a former Hollyoaks star has spoken about the sickening demand he made of her during the vile attack.
Rizwan Khan, 40, was convicted earlier this year of raping two women. He was also found guilty of sexually assaulting an individual and slapping a child, in separate incidents. He was convicted of raping the first woman after physically assaulting her, and was also convicted of raping another woman after she’d fallen asleep. Jurors heard how she’d woken up to find Khan performing a sex act on her.
On Monday, the disgraced soapstar, who denied all charges against him, was handed an 11-year and nine-month prison sentence at Teesside Crown Court, where harrowing statements written by the two rape survivors were read aloud. One woman described suffering from anxiety and nightmares following her ordeal, sharing: “What he did goes round and round in my head. When I see his face in the newspaper, I feel sick.”
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Addressing jurors at the same court earlier this year, Prosecutor Robin Turton shared the heinous order Khan had given his victim: “I need what I need. I want what I want. You, as a woman, should abide by what a man wants.”
The unnamed woman described how Khan had been violent with her before asking for sex. She told police officers that Khan had raped her, after she’d told him “no.” Explaining that she was terrified that Khan would assault her, she added, “In the end, I just let him.”
The prosecutor told the court that Khan had slapped the woman in the face, punched her in the back, picked her up and threw her on a bed. Turton said: “He forced himself up on her. She kicked him, and he got off. He pushed her against the wall and he put his hands around her, strangling her.”
Another survivor told police that she rejected Khan’s proposition for sex at 3am when she was tired and had work in the morning. He then proceeded to rape her.
On top of his prison sentence, Khan, of Union Street, Middlesbrough, will sign the sex offenders register for the rest of his life, and he has also been made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order. Restraining orders, preventing him from contacting the survivors, have been enforced, reports TeessideLive. Judge Paul Reid said: “Your pre-sentence report says you demonstrate entitlement and hostility towards females.”
Former call centre worker Khan broke into acting at the age of 34, and in 2019 played Doctor Peak. The father of one returned to the Channel 4 soap the following year to play a paramedic and has also made appearances in Vera, Holby City, This England, and the 2021 film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, which saw him play a parent.
If you’ve been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999
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