It's apparently not his fault he drank vodka and "raped two 14-year-old girls."
It was Satan's fault, you guys!
That's Sultani Bakatash, a 29-year-old diversity enricher who came to the UK in 2022 after working with British forces in Afghanistan.
The defendant said he stayed in a hotel with his mother, brothers and sisters for a year-and-a-half before moving to Bolton around two years ago.
Gotta love the "free" housing!
He said he was studying English and that his understanding of the language was 'OK', though he struggled having conversations.
Three months before the events of December 6, 2025, he said he met one of the girls outside a McDonalds and was eating after going to the gym when the girl, and another person, asked him to buy food for them.
He, a 29-year-old man, was approached by 14-year-old girls, who then added him on Snapchat.
They offered to help him shop for groceries, which is when he bought them vodka. He then took them back to his apartment and then, per the charges, "seized the opportunity to rape and abuse them." He's pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of rape, assault by penetration, and sexual assault.
Bakatash told the court that he's a good Muslim who doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs. However, he did buy three bottles of vodka for a couple of 14-year-old girls who then invited themselves over to his place. All by chance, I assume.
Everything was fine until he took a swig from the vodka bottle, which, Bakatash explains, "looked like water."
Yes, he says he thought the vodka was water and that's why he drank it!
From the article:
Mr Bakatash said he bought the girls three bottles of vodka. He said he did not drink, smoke or take drugs as he is Muslim and that he bought himself a Monster energy drink. One of the girls took his phone and ordered an Uber taxi to his flat, he said.
Next thing you know, he was drunk and feeling spicy.
He said the girls laughed at his reaction before making him a drink of Diet Coke and vodka. The three continued drinking, emptying one bottle completely, and the majority of a second, he said.
The girls? Oh, he thought they were 18 or 19, of course. He forgets all the convenient bits.
Even after reading this story, I can tell you that the UK will keep importing large numbers of military-age males from places with, shall we say, different views on consent, alcohol, and teenage girls...
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