# DNA evidence links two defendants to alleged train assault on autistic girl

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dna-found-on-autistic-14-year-olds-clothes-probably-belonged-to-afghan-migrants-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-her-on-train/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:17:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T17:27:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268531/afghan-migrants-schoolgirl-14-raping-train-toilets.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- DNA evidence supports the presence of one defendant’s DNA on the girl’s clothes.
- Both defendants deny the charges.
- The trial is expected to last three weeks.

## Summary

A forensic expert told the court that DNA findings support the presence of one defendant’s DNA on a 14-year-old autistic girl’s clothes, while evidence was described as probably linking both men to the clothing. The testimony adds forensic detail to a trial in which the two men deny sexually assaulting the girl on a train.

Prosecutors allege Baryalai Rahimi and Mirebadurahman Sadat followed the runaway teenager onto a London-bound train in Kent on 5 February and assaulted her in the toilets. The expert said DNA can come from a few skin cells, but could not say how it was transferred; Rahimi said he believed the girl was 17 and that the encounter was consensual, while Sadat denied the allegations. The trial is expected to last three weeks.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: DNA evidence links two defendants to alleged train assault on autistic girl](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268531/afghan-migrants-schoolgirl-14-raping-train-toilets.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [GB News: Afghan migrants allegedly raped autistic girl, 14, in toilets on busy commuter train](https://www.gbnews.com/news/london-afghan-migrants-raped-autistic-girl-toilets-commuter-train)

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