AN ILLEGAL immigrant who had sex with a 14-year-old girl has been jailed for two years and four months and told he will be sent back home.

Nawaz Dil also assaulted the girl as he became jealous about her contacting one of his friends on the phone.

The 18-year-old Afghan, who was possessive and controlling of the girl, struck her in the face then took the sim card from her mobile before biting it and smashing the handset.

Richard Thomas, prosecuting, told Swindon crown court how Dil and the girl formed a relationship earlier this year.

He said the couple had sex on four occasions, twice at his home, once in the park behind New College and in a field behind Lainesmead School.

Mr Thomas said that on two of the occasions Dil used a condom but the other times he was unprotected. He said that while the girl consented, she made it clear to the police that she did so in order to maintain the relationship as she felt under pressure from him.

Mr Thomas said an argument developed between them about her contacting one of his friends.

“He struck her in the face, accused her of texting another man, took the sim card from the phone, bit it, threw that to the floor, took the phone and threw that to the floor smashing it to pieces,” he said.

Dil, of County Road, admitted four counts of sexual activity with a child, common assault and criminal damage.

The court heard he had overstayed on a visa and had been served with deportation papers by the Home Office.

A probation officer said the defendant had little understanding that the girl could have felt coerced or be frightened of him.

She added that Dil, who came from a violent society and was concerned about returning home, didn’t know it was illegal to have sex with someone under 16.

Nick Fridd, defending, said his client accepted it had to be a custodial sentence but the offending wasn’t the worst of its kind as the age gap was not huge.

“It seems there is a cultural problem. I noticed this when I spoke to Mr Dil a month or so ago,” he said.

“He was finding it difficult getting his head around the fact that we behave differently in this country.”

Jailing him, Judge Douglas Field said: “All these offences are bound up together and they reflect the abusive nature of your relationship.

“You were 18: there is a considerable difference in maturity between a girl of 14 and a young man of 18 not withstanding that the age gap is only four years.”

As well as jailing him he told him he would have to register as a sex offender for 10 years, banned him from working with children and recommended deportation.