Taxi driver rapist is ordered by court to pay his victim £425,000 in damages trends now
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A rapist convicted in the Rotherham grooming scandal has been ordered by the High Court to pay his victim more than £425,000 in damages.
Taxi driver Asghar Bostan, 52, was jailed for nine years in 2018 after being convicted of two offences against a girl under 16 in Rotherham between 2000 and 2002.
Now the victim - known as 'Liz' - has brought what is said to be the first successful civil action of its kind against Bostan, who was released from prison last year.
She started civil proceedings against Bostan three years ago 'to at last get real justice' and has now received damages of £425,934.09 in a judgment last week.
Taxi driver Asghar Bostan, 52, was jailed for nine years for two offences against a girl under 16
Liz told BBC News: 'I wanted to give something back not only to myself, but to other survivors and do something not only for Rotherham but for all the UK.
'I am really, really pleased for the outcome and really, really pleased this might open the floodgates for other
