Tooting 27-year-old who abducted 13-year-old girl on the way to school, threatened to kill her then raped her in Mitcham pleads guilty

A man who kidnapped a girl on her way to school before raping her in an alleyway has pleaded guilty.

Kadian Nelson, 27, was caught with his hand over the girl’s mouth on a camera phone and fled when confronted in Singleton Close, Mitcham.

He had followed the 13-year-old schoolgirl before creeping up behind her and putting one hand over her mouth and another on her head.

He threatened to kill her and forced her to walk towards an alleyway in Singleton Close, Mitcham.

The girl had been on the phone chatting to a friend about their homework when she was attacked just after 7am on 3 November last year.

Nelson told her to take off her coat and school blazer before orally raping her. He then put his own jacket on the victim.

Police were alerted when a woman called 999 stating that her daughter had seen a man grab a young girl.

A family member of the woman then went out to check what had happened and managed to interrupt Nelson.

When she questioned him he told her that the victim was his sister.

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The victim then managed to signal that she needed help before police arrived and Nelson fled, leaving the victim wearing his jacket.

Footage on social media shared thousands of times shows a man in a grey tracksuit escorting a young girl, with his hand over her mouth and then fleeing when confronted by a passerby.

Today (Monday, 26 April 2021) at Kingston Crown Court Nelson admitted kidnap, rape and making a threat to kill. He will be sentenced at the same court on 13 August 2021.

Kate Shilton, from the CPS, said: “This was a terrifying stranger attack on a young girl on her way to school.

“The prosecution was able to present compelling evidence that made clear that it was Kadian Nelson who had carried out this sickening attack.

“The prosecution case included video footage and DNA evidence from the lighter and tobacco pouch found inside Nelson’s jacket pocket, which he left behind.

“The victim was also able to identify him in an ID parade. These guilty pleas will mean that Nelson’s young victim will be spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.

“I would like to thank the members of the family who saw what happened and took quick action in alerting the police to the incident.

“The young victim has shown remarkable courage during these proceedings and I hope this conviction will go some way to providing her with closure.

“Sexual offences are some of the most serious and complex cases to prosecute. The CPS is committed to bringing sexual offenders to justice where there is the evidence to do so.”

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