The family of a 12-year-old girl who became pregnant after a brutal rape have said "no sentence was long enough" for her attacker.

Ibrar Hussain, 27, was jailed for 11 years at Leeds Crown Court yesterday by a judge who described it as an "appallingly nasty offence which had left her devastated."

The girl's uncle, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the girl had been left traumatised so much she could no longer stand being alone.

Speaking after the hearing he said: "He's serving an 11-year sentence, but we're serving a sentence as well. She's in trauma. If a stranger comes in to the house she panics. She does not want to be left alone.

"No sentence would be long enough, but whatever the judge could do, the maximum he could give, has been given. Even if he had given a life term it wouldn't be long enough."

He said the young girl, who was a "normal 12-year-old" who enjoyed playing with her toys and painting before the attack, was seeing a counsellor and found life "very difficult".

He said: "She can't stay in the room alone, someone's got to be with her all the time."

Hussain, from Keighley, pleaded guilty to raping the young girl at the end of 2003 after DNA evidence linked him to the attack.

The girl initially told no one about the rape and did not realise she was pregnant until more than six months later, the court heard. The victim, who is now 13, has since given birth to a baby girl, which is in foster care.

The court heard Hussain planned the attack. The girl was screaming and in pain as she could not breathe due to her asthma during the attack. Hussain also threatened that he would do the same to her mother, the court heard.

Sentencing Hussain, Judge Mr Justice Andrew Smith said: "This was an appallingly nasty offence of rape which has had a devastating effect on your victim. Your victim was only 12. You made her pregnant. She knew little or nothing of sexual matters and didn't understand she was pregnant."

Mark McKone, prosecuting, had told the court the girl didn't tell anybody about the attack until she was taken to Airedale General Hospital complaining of stomach pains in July 2004.

It was found that she was in the advanced stages of pregnancy and she then told her parents about the rape.

In mitigation, Jeremy Lindsay said Hussain had "destroyed a young girl's life and at the same time, destroyed his own." He said that by pleading guilty, the defendant had spared the girl from having to relive the offence in court.

Later, Detective Inspector Shaun Berry, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This was a serious and difficult case to deal with, but using the latest technology the police were able to identify conclusively this man had committed this serious sexual offence."