A sex attacker who raped a Sikh woman in a religiously aggravated attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years.A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard John Ashby shouted racist and anti-Muslim abuse as he beat the victim with a stick after following her off a bus and into her home.Jurors were told the 32-year-old raped the woman, who was a stranger to him, after forcing her to take off her clothes in her bathroom, while telling her he was a "British master".

A sex attacker who raped a Sikh woman in a religiously aggravated attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years.A trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard John Ashby shouted racist and anti-Muslim abuse as he beat the victim with a stick after following her off a bus and into her home.Jurors were told the 32-year-old raped the woman, who was a stranger to him, after forcing her to take off her clothes in her bathroom, while telling her he was a "British master".