Daryl German

Introduction

Daryl German, a 43-year-old man from Lewisham in south-east London, is serving 18 years in prison for his part in the rape of a 14-year-old girl after she went missing from home — a sentence increased by the Court of Appeal after the Attorney General referred his original term as unduly lenient . German acted alongside two co-defendants, Jordan Doneley Wint, 31, and Deon Smith, 45, whose cases are covered in this profile as part of the same incident; all three are from Lewisham, all three were jailed at Woolwich Crown Court in April 2026, and all three saw their sentences increased on 12 November 2026 . The case began with a missing teenager whose family were appealing for her return — and ended with three men in prison for longer than the courts first decided.

Background Information

The three men — German, Wint and Smith — were sentenced together at Woolwich Crown Court in April 2026 for the rape of the girl, then 14. German’s term was set at 15 years, Wint’s at six years and Smith’s at seven years, and all three were placed on the sex offenders register for life at that hearing . Attorney General Ellie Reeves — the government’s senior law officer — reviewed those terms and referred them to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient, the step that led to the November hearing .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted; sentences increased on Attorney General’s reference.

The 14-year-old girl, whose identity is protected by law and is not identified here, went missing from her home before German found her and took her to his flat. Over the following 48 hours, German arranged for the teenager to be taken to other addresses, where she was raped . When he realised, from appeals circulating on social media, that she had been reported missing, he told her to phone her parents, say she was safe and get the appeals taken down . Police later found the girl and arrested all three men, and officers discovered 14 indecent images of her on German’s phone .

The case against each man rested on that sequence. German, who found the girl and took her to his flat, was convicted of three counts of rape, one count of arranging or facilitating travel with a view to exploitation and two counts of making indecent images of children; Wint was convicted of rape and assault by penetration; Smith was convicted of rape .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The sentences went back before the Court of Appeal because Attorney General Ellie Reeves judged them unduly lenient. “This was an appalling series of rapes and sexual assaults, carried out by three men over several days on a vulnerable child who should have been kept safe and returned to her family,” Reeves said. “Such abuse against a child is abhorrent, and I welcome the Court of Appeal’s decision to increase these sentences, ensuring all three men spend longer in prison.” Her reference put the case back in court months after the men had been sentenced — and ended with all three terms lengthened .

Current Status

On Thursday 12 November 2026, judges added three years to German’s term, two and a half years to Wint’s and two years to Smith’s . German, 43, will now serve 18 years in prison with a further three years on extended licence; Wint’s sentence rises to eight years and six months, and Smith’s to nine years . Wint and Smith will therefore serve two and a half and two years longer respectively than the six-year and seven-year terms imposed in April, and German three years longer than his original 15. All three remain on the sex offenders register for life, as imposed when they were sentenced .

Impact on Their Career/Life

German will spend 18 years in custody followed by three years on extended licence, and he and his co-defendants will remain subject to lifelong sex offenders registration — the Court of Appeal’s ruling leaving all three men serving longer terms than those imposed at Woolwich Crown Court in April 2026 . Wint, 31, will serve eight years and six months for rape and assault by penetration; Smith, 45, nine years for rape. No further appeal was reported in the coverage of the hearing. The case illustrates the unduly-lenient route: a sentence already imposed can be revisited and increased on the Attorney General’s reference, as it was here for all three men. The girl’s identity remains protected by law; nothing in this profile, or in the reporting it draws on, identifies her.

Sources

• “Men who raped girl, 14, have jail terms increased” — BBC News, November 2026: source