TOI Correspondent from London: A British man has admitted raping a Sikh girl “who he thought was Muslim” at her residence.John Ashby (32), of no fastened abode, admitted costs of rape, theft, strangulation and racially/religiously aggravated assault occasioning precise bodily hurt at Birmingham Crown Court docket on Tuesday.He modified his plea to responsible on the second day of the trial, about an hour after a Sikh member of the general public approached the dock and mentioned: “Kind your shit out.”The jury heard how he adopted the lady off a bus in Walsall on Oct 25 final 12 months and compelled his manner into her residence armed with a two-foot stick whereas she was upstairs within the rest room.The lady tried to lock the door, however Ashby barged in, turned the sunshine off and raped and assaulted her.“Regardless of her screams, he informed her to take her garments off, struck her with the stick, and put his fingers round her neck to strangle her and demanded that she climb into the bath. All through the assault, he racially and religiously abused her,” prosecutor Phil Bradley KC mentioned.He informed her his identify was John and demanded she repeat “his mantra that he was the grasp”, the court docket heard. He poured sizzling water over her and informed her to say “Hallelujah”. Ashby then instructed the lady to lie on her mattress, saying he was there “to have enjoyable” whereas referring to his personal components as being “white British”.The assault solely ended as a result of he heard a noise and fled, taking her jewelry and cellular with him. Ashby left his DNA on the scene, together with from a toothbrush which he used to wash his tooth following the assault.When Ashby was arrested in Perry Barr two days after the assault, he informed officers: “You by no means see an Englishman in Perry Barr anymore.” Through the police interview, when proven an image of the lady, he requested: “Why isn’t she sporting a hijab?”