{"id":337753,"date":"2026-04-25T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/rapist-jailed-for-racist-attack-on-sikh-woman-he-thought-was-muslim\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:00:24","slug":"rapist-jailed-for-racist-attack-on-sikh-woman-he-thought-was-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/rapist-jailed-for-racist-attack-on-sikh-woman-he-thought-was-muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapist jailed for racist attack on Sikh woman he thought was Muslim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bdUErAP6Dj8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Rapist jailed for racist attack on Sikh woman he thought was Muslim\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdUErAP6Dj8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A man has been jailed for life after pleading guilty to the religiously-aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman, who he believed to be Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>John Ashby, who&#8217;s 32 and of no fixed abode, attacked the victim after spotting her travelling on the bus. <\/p>\n<p>He followed her for around ten minutes, with some distance between them. <\/p>\n<p>CCTV then picked up a scream from inside the woman&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been jailed for life after pleading guilty to the religiously-aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman, who he believed to be Muslim. 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