Asylum Seeker Allegedly Raped London Teen While Put Up In Taxpayer-Funded Migrant Hotel

Officials charged an asylum seeker living in a taxpayer-funded asylum hotel with multiple felonies after he allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted a teenage girl in London, Britain.

Prosecutors said Yashin Himasara, a 20-year-old Sri Lankan, attacked the 15-year-old victim Nov. 1 in Feltham, according to the Daily Mail. He allegedly “carried her away against her will” before raping, beating and strangling her.

Himasara was residing at the St. Giles Hotel, a three-star property the British government converted into housing for asylum seekers, The Telgraph reported.

Himasara pleaded not guilty to seven charges including kidnapping, rape and two counts of intentional strangulation at Isleworth Crown Court, according to the Daily Mail. He appeared via video-link from Wormwood Scrubs prison with a Sinhala interpreter. Defending attorney Bozzie Sheffi said the accused knew limited English and required an interpreter during his future trial. (RELATED: UK ‘Asylum Seeker’ Accused Of Raping 15-Year-Old Girl Schoolgirl, Dubbing Her His ‘Sex Doll’)

A migrant has been charged with abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl while living in a taxpayer-funded asylum hotel

Sri Lankan Yashin Himasara, 20, is accused of beating and strangling the teenage girl after he ‘carried her away against her will’ in Feltham

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Judge Kwame Inyundo ordered Himasara remanded into police custody until the trial, set for April 27, 2026. The judge warned him that skipping his trial would result in proceedings continuing without him and possible additional charges, according to the Daily Mail.

The Home Office declined to discuss Himasara’s asylum status but a government spokesperson issued a statement. “We are bearing down on foreign criminals and illegal migrants who exploit our laws by making vexatious human rights claims that ground flights,” the official said.

The spokesperson told the Daily Mail the government has already removed nearly 50,000 people lacking legal status to remain in Britain.

“This action will make our country and its citizens safer, bringing an end to abuse of our legal system and securing Britain’s borders,” the spokesperson said.

The Daily Caller reached out to the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for comment.