A Somali serial rapist serving a life sentence has won a High Court battle over how medication was provided in prison during Ramadan – claiming he suffered religious discrimination.
Dahir Ibrahim, described by police as a ‘predator’ who ‘preyed on vulnerable women’, was first jailed for 10 years in 2006 for raping three Birmingham sex workers at knifepoint.
He was then handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 10 years in 2016 for raping two more women in the city in 2014, who he also threatened with weapons.
The 41-year-old took Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust to court claiming its policy of
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