Sex Predator raped Pupil in Classroom as Schoolboy

Zineelabibine Abbood has been jailed for five years for raping a fellow pupil in a classroom when he was a schoolboy.

He violently attacked the girl during a lunch break at a Glasgow secondary school on November 29, 2019, biting, pulling and groping her during the incident.

Despite her repeated protests, “remorseless” Abbood only stopped when a teacher came into the music room and found the girl in tears.

Abbood was convicted of the rape in May 2024.

At the High Court in Glasgow, Judge Thomas Welsh KC told him:

“You continue to deny your guilt and have shown no remorse.

“I have seen (a pre-sentencing report) which states that you have shown no insight or empathy in regard to the victim’s feelings.

“The damage that you have done is incalculable.”

The court heard how the pupils – both in their mid-teens at the time – had initially been playing instruments in the music classroom.

In his evidence, Abbood told his lawyer Paul Mullen that it was the girl who then made advances towards him before there was sexual contact.

Mr Mullen put to him: “Did you want to happen what happened that day?”

Abbood replied: “Yes, with her consent.”

Abbood claimed they stopped when they heard a teacher coming into the room, adding:

“I remember (the girl) saying she had had really bad news and that I was comforting her.

“I was saying (to the teacher) I was sorry and did not mean to be rude by being in the room.”

Mr Mullen asked Abbood if he knew why the victim said what occurred was not consensual.

Abbood said: “Maybe because the teacher found out and her friends were teasing her. She must have felt embarrassed.”

But prosecutors said in the classroom, Abbood raped the girl.

Advocate depute Ruaraidh Ferguson quizzed him about the teacher coming into the classroom.

Mr Ferguson said: “She said that when she entered (the girl) was visibly upset, eyes red, face puffy and, formed the view, that she had been crying for some time.”

Abbood claimed he thought the victim was “fine” although he had “not been paying attention” to her face at the time.

At one stage, Mr Ferguson asked: “Not the case throughout this incident, she told you, in various ways, that she was not consenting?

“The girl said ‘no’ to you multiple times?”

Abbood replied: “She did not say ‘no’. She consented.”

Defence solicitor-advocate Mr Mullen asked the court to have regard to the sentencing guidelines for those aged under 25.

He said Abbood does not have any previous convictions or pending court cases.

Abbood was sentenced to five years in prison.