A 54-year-old man impregnated a 15-year-old after he allegedly took her to remain Scotland for a month.
Jawwad Akram denies sexual exercise with a toddler and facilitating the journey of one other particular person with the view to exploitation between August and October 2021.
Harrow Crown Court docket heard on Tuesday that Akram repeatedly denied having intercourse with the teenager, who can't be named for authorized causes, after he was first arrested.
Heather Stangoe, prosecuting, advised the court docket that the lady later found she was pregnant and after she had an abortion, DNA evaluation confirmed Akram was the organic father.
Jurors beforehand heard that the 15-year-old first went lacking in August after her household refused to permit Akram to marry her.
The defendant allegedly took her to remain in a rented flat in Dundee and the lady's mom didn't know the whereabouts of her daughter till greater than a month later.
In September, employees at a London resort known as the police after they grew to become involved concerning the age distinction between Akram and the lady once they checked in.
Akram was arrested and bailed below the situation that he didn't contact the lady, who was put into foster care the following day.
The lady then went lacking from her foster household's dwelling in Kent in October and Akram had allegedly made preparations to take the lady again to Scotland once more.
He was arrested at his dwelling in Edgware, North London, a number of days later and the lady was discovered protected in a Dundee flat the next day.
The court docket heard on Tuesday that Akram denied having intercourse with the lady throughout his first police interview in September.
In a transcript of the interview, learn out to the court docket, he repeatedly answered "no" to questions on whether or not they had ever had any sexual relations.
Akram, who's married, mentioned: "It's towards my faith, I didn't do this. It's only allowed for my spouse."
The interviewing officer, who advised Akram that the lady claimed that they had, requested: "Have you learnt why [the girl] would say that?"
Mr Akram replied: "I do not know about that. Why would she say that?"
The officer additionally requested: "Has [the girl] ever stayed at your property". He answered: "No."
The officer requested: "Have you ever ever touched her in any approach that she could have taken as sexual?" Akram once more replied: "No."
Ms Stangoe advised the court docket on Tuesday: "After her return to care, it was found that she was pregnant, the DNA was analysed and confirmed that Mr Akram was the daddy.
It has been concluded that fertilisation occurred within the first week of September."
The prosecutor mentioned that after the DNA proof had come to mild, the defendant admitted having intercourse with the lady however mentioned he believed she was over the age of 16.
The trial continues.
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