A Pakistani asylum seeker has appeared in court after being accused of repeatedly raping an eight-year-old girl.
It is alleged that Kamran Khan, 43, raped the child twice between September 2024 and July 2025 before forcing her to watch a third person engage in sexual activity.
He got the eight-year-old to masturbate him until he ejaculated and also put his hand and penis on her vagina, it is claimed.
Khan, of Streatham High Road, south London, denied the two counts of rape at Inner London Crown Court, alleged to have taken place in the borough of Lambeth.
He further denied two counts of causing a child to watch a sex act, four counts of sexually assaulting a child and two counts of causing a child under thirteen to engage in sexual activity.
The accused held his head in his hands as he entered his not guilty pleas, aided by an Urdu interpreter.
He was remanded in custody ahead of his seven day trial on January 5 next year.
Khan, of Streatham High Road, south London , denied the two counts of rape at Inner London Crown Court (file image)
Judge Benedict Kelleher told Khan: ‘Failing to attend court when required whether from custody or from bail may be a separate offence.
‘If a defendant fails to attend their trial then the trial may proceed in his absence in which case his lawyer may withdraw from the case leaving him unrepresented and the judge may inform the jury of the reason for his absence.’
