A “HIGH-RISK” rapist who sexually assaulted a woman while his friend filmed the attack on a mobile phone has had his sentence cut.

Mohammed Shahjahan, 27, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years at Oxford Crown Court in September last year after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

But lawyers for Shahjahan, of Slaymaker Close, Headington, felt the sentence was too long and took his case the Court of Appeal in London on Wednesday.

Three senior judges agreed and cut the prison term to seven years.

Sir Anthony May told the court Shahjahan and two other men invited the victim – who was in her 20s – to a house in East Oxford in 2009 where she was plied with drink.

The judge said a film recovered from one of the men’s mobile phones showed Shahjahan sexually assaulting her while she was unconscious.

A photo taken three hours later showed him raping the woman on a bed.

She did not realise what had happened until two weeks later, when she was shown the footage by one of the gang.

She said the experience had sent her into shock and she had “changed forever”, unable to be the friendly person she once was.

A report on Shahjahan stated he was a “high risk” to the public, and the judge at his trial said he came across as an “arrogant young man”.

Shahjahan’s barristers said his sentence was “manifestly excessive” because the judge had overestimated the aggravating features of the offences.

Sir Anthony, sitting with Mr Justice Bean and Mr Justice Eder, cut Shahjahan’s prison term to seven years, meaning he will be entitled to automatic release after three-and-a-half years.

The judge said: “It was an aggravating factor that this complainant was raped whilst unconscious and did not know what was going on.

“But we have carefully considered the sentences and agree that, to some extent, they were manifestly excessive when compared with the sentencing guidelines.

“The rape was a bad rape. We have indicated the aggravating factors, but they are not such as to take it above the maximum sentence for this category of offence.”

Ruth Hall, of Women Against Rape, said: “It seems like there really were a lot of aggravating features. We don’t understand why the judge doesn't seem to think there’s significant aggravation, all of which do make these things much more devastating.”