A man from Upton Park who raped a woman as part of a campaign of domestic abuse has been jailed for 19 years.

Mohammed Ashfak, 31, was given the sentence at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday - February 4 - after previously being found guilty of 11 offences.

He will also serve an extra four years on licence.

Ashfak abused the woman over a four-month period, during which he repeatedly assaulted her and threatened to kill both her and himself.

He also raped her on two occasions and filmed himself doing so.

A statement read out at court told of the enduring legacy of Ashfak's abuse: "I remember everything he’s done and said to me. His actions, his voice. I get days where I wake up terrified.

"I have never felt like I do now. I’m not fit enough to go back to work, it’s just not something I’m ready to do. It will take time for me to build it back up.

"I just don’t feel safe."

During the campaign of abuse, Ashfak also forced the victim to withdraw allegations she had reported to the police by further assaulting and threatening her.

In 2020, just over a month after being bailed in relation to two offences reported by the victim, Ashfak assaulted her again.

Officers were called to reports that the victim had been found in the road covered in blood due to injuries inflicted by Ashfak, who had also prevented her from leaving the house.

The abuser was further charged and remanded, at which point the victim disclosed all of the earlier offences to police.

Detective constable Jennifer Newman, who led the investigation, called Ashfak a "dangerous and manipulative man".

She said: "Ashfak subjected his partner to a number of violent physical attacks but as she says, it is the emotional impact of this behaviour that she will continue to live with for a long time.

“The offending took place over a four-month period but her life has been turned upside down by what happened."

The victim added: "I’ve carried on because I don’t want him to hurt someone else’s daughter.

“Let me be the last person he ever touches. Nobody should experience what he has done to me.”