Reports: Defendant says he raped woman so he could learn English in prison

Ali Majlat told a court-appointed psychiatrist that he raped a woman last year in Wakefield, England, because he wanted the benefits of prison life, Wakefield Express reports.

"When I was on the railway station I thought I should rape this lady in order to get a place to eat and sleep and learn the English language," he reportedly said.

Majlit's defense lawyer confirmed the accuracy of that quote during an exchange with the judge, the paper says.

Yorkshire Evening Post reports that Majlat, who is facing a possible life sentence, pleaded guilty to raping and robbing the 21-year-old woman. The paper says he had been released from a prison in Romania "only weeks earlier."
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