A former advisor to the US government who flew to the UK to rape a girl whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years.
International investment banker Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedfordshire from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of planning.
This followed correspondence with an individual describing herself as ‘Debbie’, the girl’s grandmother.
However, unbeknown to Shy, the girl did not exist and ‘Debbie’ was in fact an undercover officer with Bedfordshire Police.
Using an online forum and later messaging apps, Shy described in acute detail the disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl and that he was fully prepared to travel to England to do so.
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