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Three men were convicted at Hove Crown Court for the rape of a woman on Brighton beach in a “cynical, predatory and callous attack.” The accused include Abdulla Ahmadi, an Iranian national, and two Egyptian nationals, Ibrahim Alshafe and Karin Al-Danasurt. While Ahmadi and Alshafe repeatedly denied raping the woman during the early hours of 4 October, Al-Danasurt also denied filming the assault but was found guilty of rape as a secondary party.
At the time of the offence, all three men were asylum seekers living in a Home Office hotel near Horsham. Prosecutor Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC described the offenders’ behaviour in court, highlighting Alshafe’s “predatory nature,” Ahmadi’s selfish sense of entitlement, and Al-Danasurt’s “puerile contempt,” which collectively created a “perfect storm” for the crime. The victim, who remains anonymous for legal reasons, became separated from her friends while highly intoxicated and vulnerable. The court heard she was so inebriated that she was vomiting on her hands and knees in a toilet. According to her statement to police, the men laughed while assaulting her, with her throat being grabbed and her being kicked. Additionally, Al-Danasurt was accused of spitting in her face while recording the ordeal.
The attack occurred after the three men, described by the prosecutor as having been “on the lookout for women that night for sexual purposes,” encountered the woman at a fast-food restaurant following a night out at bars and nightclubs on Brighton seafront. Alshafe told the court he was a virgin searching for a British bride. After meeting the woman, they went to the beach, where the assault took place. The prosecutor reflected on the victim’s situation, saying, “She didn’t know what was lying in wait for her,” and “She didn’t know she was being led into the darkness to be used as a sexual plaything for the defendants.”
The prosecution stated that all three men had had their asylum applications rejected and are currently appealing those refusals. However, it was made clear that deportation following these convictions is not guaranteed. During the trial, Al-Danasurt faced a charge of sharing a video of the rape, but this accusation was later dropped due to a legal technicality. Both Ahmadi and Alshafe had claimed the encounter was consensual. It was also revealed that Ahmadi left the Horsham hotel the day after the attack, relocating without Home Office approval to a property in Crewe, Cheshire, where he was arrested on 12 October. As a result, he was classified as “absconding, self-departing” from the accommodation
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