Malik’s trial heard the woman had been drinking at the park with a male friend, and was drunk when she met Malik and a group of other men she did not know.
Her friend, the court was told, asked Malik and his associates to “look after” the woman while he went to meet another friend, and when one of the group took the woman to an isolated part of the park so she could go to the toilet, he raped her.
Prosecution counsel Nicholas Corsellis KC previously told the court: “The defendant then decided he wished to have sex with her and took his turn to take her to a secluded spot, where he physically struck her while raping her.”
During his trial, the court heard Malik had said he was playing cricket with other men and smoking cannabis in the park before the attack, and denied hitting the woman.
When imposing an extended sentence, the judge said Malik posed “a significant risk” to the public, and had neither shown remorse nor taken responsibility for the assault.
He also said a pre-sentence report found the defendant displayed “distorted thinking by [him] in relation to consent, personal entitlement and the objectification of women”.
“Rather than feeling empathy towards [the victim], you appear to feel only hostility and anger towards her,” he added.
Following Malik’s sentencing, Nottinghamshire Police said it was still searching for a second suspect in connection with the case.
Det Insp Nicole Milner said: “This remains a complex and demanding investigation, and one that continues to be a priority for [officers] as we pursue our inquiries to locate and arrest a further suspect.
“Above all, my thoughts are with the victim, whose courage, resilience and bravery have been evident throughout both the investigation and the criminal justice process.”
