SWNS Serial rapist Dahir Ibrahim was allowed to stay in the UK

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Serial rapist Dahir Ibrahim, who previously managed to get a deportation order overturned, said he had a "lack of understanding" of what is lawful in the UK. The 31-year-old was jailed for 10 years in 2005 after he raped three women, with a judge ordering his deportation when he was released from prison.

But that instruction was overturned on appeal and after walking free Ibrahim went on to rape two more women, threatening one with a Stanley knife and the other with pliers and a screwdriver. He was caged for another 10 years when he appeared before Birmingham Crown Court last week, and it is understood authorities will attempt once again to deport him once he has served that sentence.

SWNS The Somalian went on to rape two more women after being released from jail

A judge heard how Ibrahim, from Smethwick in the West Midlands, went on the rampage attacking two women within six weeks of each other in 2014. He lured one woman down an alleyway under the pretence of offering her drugs, beating her up and raping her before she managed to flee and seek help from a passing motorist. Prosecutor Steven Bailey told the court how the woman was "crying and telling him to stop" and started "screaming and shouting" during the horrific ordeal. Less than six weeks later he targeted another woman, threatening her with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver before raping her.

SWNS He successfully had a previous deportation order overturned

Ibrahim was tracked down by police through a combination of DNA, forensic and CCTV evidence. Passing sentence, Judge Murray Creed said: "There was abuse and humiliation. There was severe psychological hurt and harm done. There was degradation. "They were sustained incidents and the victims were targeted." Ibrahim had previously admitted two charges of rape, two of possessing weapons and another serious sexual offence.

SWNS He was caught by police using DNA evidence