After the verdicts, Det Ch Insp Collette O’Keefe, the head of Warwickshire’s major investigations unit, said the girl was playing in a park when she first noticed Mulakhil and Kabir.
The officer said the victim was eventually taken by Mulakhil to a grassy area at the end of a cul-de-sac, shielded from view by garages and bushes.
“He’s subjected her to a number of sexual offences, sexual assaults, and ultimately he raped her,” O’Keefe said.
“We very quickly identified Mr Mulakhil. We got his information through the banking transaction that he did in the shop.
“We identified where he was staying, and he was arrested.”
O’Keefe said the victim had been extremely brave in coming forward after the “highly emotive” offences.
“Obviously she’s been affected. She’ll be affected for the rest of her life,” she said.
“To be subject to any sexual offence at any age is obviously traumatic. I think we should just pay homage to her.”