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27-year-old man, who abducted and assaulted schoolgirl 11, jailed 32 months for the ‘terrifying’ attack

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><em>&&num;8216&semi;Why is this monster not spending a decade behind bars&&num;8217&semi;&quest; This sentence relatively&comma; amounts to a slap on the wrist&period; But for the lucky phone call&comma; this child could have been molested&comma; worse may not be alive today&period; <&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">Dad told daughter&comma; 11&comma; to &&num;8216&semi;run for her life&&num;8217&semi; as he called her during terrifying abduction<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">The youngster was walking home from school when Mawande Sicwebu&comma; started dragging and punching her towards a house on Oct 12&comma; 2016<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">Sicwebu&comma; a 27-year-old father of three young children physically assaulted the terrified schoolgirl&comma; after sending her friend away<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;"> Mawande Sicwebu&comma; a college graduate who works as a mental health carer <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">told police h<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">e had been drinking from 10am to 4pm on the day of the incident and was ashamed of his own behaviour<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1c0202&semi;">Sicwebu was jailed 2 years and 8 months for the abduction<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"content-column p402&lowbar;hide">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"in-article-image lead-article-image"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-142268" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;paedophile-rapist-mawande-sicwebu11&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Paedophile rapist Mawande Sicwebu1&period;jpg" width&equals;"558" height&equals;"744" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Mawande Sicwebu has been jailed for the abduction<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-body">&NewLine;<p>A dad told his 11-year-old daughter to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;run for her life” when he called her mobile phone as an adult male was abducting her&comma; near Castle Park in Colchester&comma; UK on October 12 last year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The child was walking home from school with a friend when Mawande Sicwebu&comma; 27&comma; started dragging and punching her towards a house&period; The girl’s father telephoned her by chance and heard her screaming&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A man is trying to kidnap me&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The worried dad&comma; who could hear Sicwebu ordering her to end the call&comma; shouted&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just run for your life” before losing contact&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He spoke to his daughter a short time later only to be told&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can’t run any more&semi; my tummy is hurting”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sicwebu admitted abducting and assaulting the girl and was jailed for two years and eight months&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Martyn Levett said the even defendant described the incident as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;terrifying”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I hope these remarks send a message to you&comma; and others who consider committing similar crimes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No adult person can place themselves in the position of an 11-year-old child who has been taken&comma; or even understand the shock of stranger taking them to an unknown place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have a child of your own and should be ashamed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"in-article-image"><strong><span class&equals;"caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-142309" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;ipswich-crown-court1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ipswich Crown Court1&period;jpg" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"410" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;The case was heard at Ipswich Crown Court<&sol;span> <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What is unforgivable is you hit her while sending her friend away&period; All she did was leave school and try to return home&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The girl&comma; who cannot be named for legal reasons&comma; was approached by Sicwebu at around 4&period;30pm on October 12 last year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The drunk told her&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Come with me or I’ll kill you” and ordered a boy who was with her to walk to a nearby park&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The girl claims her attacker grabbed her by the wrist&comma; slapped her face and punched her in the chest and stomach&comma; leaving her badly winded&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She had to endure a 40 minute ordeal at the hands of mental health carer Sicwebu&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutor Cathy McCulloch said the girl had been saved by the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;lucky” call from her father&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But for the telephone call from her father we don’t know what would have happened to her&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A family friend later found the girl in a distressed state and took her to her mother’s house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Members of the public flagged down a passing police car and Sicwebu was arrested the following day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecution told the court the attack appeared to be a completely random abduction attempt with no obvious pre-planning&period; Sicwebu&&num;8217&semi;s defense attorney&comma; Catherine Bradshaw&comma; said her client who has three young children himself&comma; had been drinking heavily on the day in question&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He is distressed about the crime he has committed and the effect it has had on the victim&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His two main regrets are for the victim&comma; and the additional stress he has put on his young family&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sicwebu was arrested and told officers he had begun to feel sick and was seeking assistance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He had been drinking from 10am to 4pm on the day of the incident&comma; on October 12 last year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sicwebu&comma; of Holmes Road&comma; Halstead&comma; admitted child abduction and assault&period; The court was told Sicwebu’s heavy drinking&comma; and high stress levels&comma; due to a recent promotion at work&comma; were the only possible reasons for his behaviour Catherine McCulhah&comma; mitigating&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He is distressed about the crime he has committed and the effect it has had on the victim&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His two main regrets are for the victim&comma; and the additional stress he has put on his young family&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eight character references were submitted to the judge&comma; while mitigation explained how Sicwebu arrived in the UK as a four-year-old&comma; worked to get an education&comma; earned an Open University degree as a young father and gained employment as a mental health carer&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; Recorder Andrew Shaw said the potential effect on the victim was the overriding factor as he jailed him for a total of 32 months&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I hope these remarks send a message to you&comma; and others who consider committing similar crimes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No adult person can place themselves in the position of an 11-year-old child who has been taken&comma; or even understand the shock of stranger taking them to an unknown place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You had been drinking for a considerable period on the day in question and have admitted you are ashamed of your actions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have a child of your own and should be ashamed&period;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What is unforgivable is you hit her while sending her friend away&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All she did was leave school and try to return home&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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