A JUDGE has demanded that four witnesses who she believes lied to protect a convicted sex attacker be investigated for perjury.

Judge Heather Llloyd said they presented Javid Iqbal Ali’s latest victim as a ‘lying, scheming woman when they must have known their evidence was false’.

The judge made the call after jailing Ali, of Monk Street, Accrington, indefinitely for what police described as a ‘vicious sex attack by a man who is a danger to all women’.

In 2003, Ali, 44, was jailed for two-and-a-half years for sexually assault and in 1993 he was sent to prison for four years after he and his wife blackmailed a doctor with false rape claims.

During his latest trial, Ali protested his innocence throughout.

But he admitted his victim was telling the truth to a Probation Service worker who was compiling a pre-sentence report for the judge.

After the case, his victim revealed that she thought she was going to die during the attack and that she was now afraid to go out alone.

She said: “I was worried about being believed but I knew that he must have done it before and would probably do it again unless stopped.”

Reading the Probation report, Judge Lloyd said she viewed the remorse he now expressed “with sceptism” and that he had made his victim re-live her ordeal through cross-examination.

She then called for Ali’s four defence witnesses, who included his wife, to be scrutinised.

Judge Lloyd said: “You said in no uncertain terms the victim was lying. That she would ‘do anything to nail anyone’.

“You claimed her injuries were caused by her boyfriend or that she had fallen over while drunk.”

She said Ali’s wife had claimed the victim had confided in her with a different story. “In short you tried to portray her as a lying scheming woman. You now admit everything she said about the assault was true. You assaulted a vulnerable young woman who trusted you as a friend.

“All (four witnesses) must have known important features of their evidence were false.”

Recomending an investigation, the Preston Crown Court Judge added: “On the face of it, they can have no answer for such charges.”

Judge Lloyd described Ali as “aggressive and controlling” and said he needed to be jailed for public protection.

Ali had been found guilty in July of sexual assault. He attacked a woman at the Matalan car park in Blackburn town centre after offering her a lift.

The court heard the woman, an acquaintance of Ali’s, fought to free herself and was dragged back into the car by her hair while Ali hurled a torrent of abuse at her.

Reading the report, Judge Lloyd described Ali as having a dangerous attitude toward women: “You say you ‘tried your luck with her’. You injured her and sexually degraded her.

“She was very slight and you were 18 stone.

“She thought she was going to be raped.

“She was kicking, crying and screaming and you only stopped when she bit you.

“You say you thought her no really meant yes. That’s not really an admission of guilt and is an attitude that went out with the dinosaurs.

“Your view of women would be a grave concern to any judge especially when considering your background.”

After the case Detective Constable Steve Cruise said: “Javid Ali is a danger to all women and, although the word ‘predator’ is very commonly used, it is the best word to describe what he does.

“He is capable of being very convincing and I believe he may well have attacked other women who have never come forward.”

Defending Ali, Alison Whalley said: “Mr Ali has throughout the report accepted his guilt: perhaps a significant step for a sexual offender who served all of his previous sentence.

“He has also asked me to express his remorse to his victim in court today.”

Judge Lloyd decided to impose an indefinite sentence, in which Ali would serve a minimum of two years. However Ali cannot be released until the parole board feel he no longer presents a danger to the public. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.

ALI’S victim has told of the terrifying moment she thought he was going to rape her in a deserted car park.

She said that afterwards Ali wept and apologised for the prolonged sexual assault.

The attack happened in December last year.

She had been out for a walk at 10pm and bumped into Ali, who was driving by.

The woman spent the evening at Ali’s home with his wife and was offered a lift home in the early hours.

She said: “That’s when he said he was going for a drive towards Blackburn.

“I wasn’t suspicious when he parked up at Matalan. I thought he wanted to talk and was completely unprepared for what happened next.

“He pushed back my seat and held my hands above my head, so he could buckle my seatbelt and lock the door. He attacked me. The whole time yelling I was asking for it and that I’d been asking for it.”

She struggled to free herself from under Ali by raining punches and kicks: “I couldn’t let up. I was yelling ‘no’.

“It was difficult to undo my seatbelt and unlock the door all at once without him stopping me.”

She managed to get out of the car three times but was dragged back each time by her attacker, who continued his assault, until a strong kick made him give up.

“He started weeping and apologising. Next thing he’s driving really erratically and asking me to promise not to tell. I just nodded along.”

Detective Constable Steve Cruise said: “"This was a vicious attack on a female who was known to the offender and we would like to express our thanks and good wishes to the victim and pay tribute to the courage that she has shown in giving evidence at the trial. “