Anicet Mayela, 41, carried out the attack in December last year when inebriated and caused the teenage girl to become pregnant, a judge sitting at Oxford Crown Court heard yesterday.
He pleaded guilty to a single count of rape at the same court in April this year, but continues to profess his innocence and previously made an attempt to vacate his original plea, which was rejected by a judge in September.
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