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Teenager who murdered 14-year-old girl named as Ayman Aziz

A TEENAGER who raped and murdered a schoolgirl has been named following a court appeal.

Ayman Aziz, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment in February for murdering Viktorija Sokolova in Wolverhampton.


His identity was protected becuase of his age, but restrictions were lifted by judges at the Court of Appeal following an application by news organisations.

The teenager's lawyers had challenged the decision to lift the restrictions saying it would have an adverse effect on Aziz's rehabilitation.

But the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and two other senior judges rejected Aziz's challenge at the Court of Appeal.

Aziz contacted Lithuanian-born Viktorija on Facebook Messenger and lured to Wolverhampton's West Park late on April 11 2018. She was savagely attacked and her body was discovered by a dog walker.

The teenager carried out the "truly shocking" attack after watching pornography.

Throughout his trial, Aziz showed no remorse for his actions.

Neighbours of Aziz described the schoolboy as being "out of control".

One resident, who declined to be named, told Mail Online: "They are just trouble. You should ask some of the shopkeepers nearby they used to have a right go at them for some of the stuff they did - there were arguments all the time.

"It's terrible the trouble with the girl - but even before that the family used to be uncontrolled. It's the usual thing they didn't have any authority over the boy, they did not care what they did, that is my opinion.

"He used to throw things on the garage roof when they lived here, they were just out of control - he was trouble and the parents could do nothing about it."

Another neighbour added: "The parents couldn't control that kid but you would never have thought he was capable of something like this.

"He needs to be named and shamed so the world can see what he did to that poor defenceless girl. He is purely evil scum."

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