Britain: A vile black rapist whose terrified 11-year-old victim decided not to go to police because of a TV soap opera story-line has been jailed for 11 years

Junior Hall, 41, attacked the girl after she called him gay - and he later tried to bribe her with a £20 note. The victim, who cannot be named, tried to tell her mother but felt that she was not believed because the case was too similar to a plot from a BBC soap. The storyline in question was a 2001 plot in which Maureen Mitchell was raped by her long-term partner Trevor Morgan for buying a hat to wear to her sister's wedding. Mo confided to her sister Kat but said that she did not want to go to court and repeat details to a courtroom full of strangers. Later in the series, Mo killed Trevor with an iron. Hall's victim, who watched EastEnders, convinced herself that her mother did not believe her account because of its similarity to the plot. She also believed that, if she reported the crime, her experience would be similar to Mo's and she would not get the support she needed. She did not realize that she would be able to give evidence behind a screen. The attack, which was eventually reported in 2010, took place at some point between June 2001 and June 2003 when the girl was aged eleven or twelve. The court was told the girl only summoned enough courage to go to police in 2010 when she was an adult.