Man jailed for life after racially abusing Sikh woman as he raped her in Walsall

John Ashby, who subjected woman to prolonged assault in her home, a ‘deeply unpleasant racist’, says judge

A white man “filled with hatred” has been jailed for life for racially abusing a Sikh woman as he raped her.

John Ashby, 32, followed the woman home after spotting her on a bus in Walsall in the West Midlands in October last year, and subjected her to a 24-minute ordeal after breaking in armed with a metre-long stick.