For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here A man has been jailed after he was caught on CCTV attempting to rape a woman as she slept on the sofa.
Ali-Yahya Horoun, 28, had been staying at an asylum seekers refuge in Rochdale when the victim visited the address with a friend in March last year.
Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how the woman had fallen asleep on a sofa after she and two friends spent the afternoon drinking together.
A jury previously heard that she had not met the defendant prior to the attack. CCTV from the refuge's communal area captured Horoun entering the room before going over to where the woman was sleeping.
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