Man pleads guilty to religiously aggravated rape

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A man has pleaded guilty to the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman in her home in Walsall.

The trial of John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, began at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.

He had denied the charges against him, but on Tuesday admitted he was responsible for the attack in October 2025.

Ashby was arrested in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham two days after he struck, following the woman into her property armed with a stick.

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