Three men jailed for Brighton beach rape

Three men who raped a woman on Brighton beach in an “entirely predatory, callous and contemptuous” attack have been jailed.

Asylum seekers Abdulla Ahmadi, Ibrahim Alshafe and Karin Al-Danasurt attacked the woman in the early hours of 4 October.

The victim, who jurors heard was “led into the darkness to be used as a sexual plaything”, said she still heard their laughter when she closed her eyes, adding: “My skin crawls – no matter how hard I scrub it I still feel dirty.”

Ahmadi, 26, from Iran, and Alshafe, 25, from Egypt, were each jailed for 21 years. Al-Danasurt, 20, also from Egypt, was convicted of rape as a secondary party for filming the attack and was jailed for 18 years and six months.

Each of the men will also spend a further six years on extended licence, and will serve two thirds of their sentence before they can be considered for parole.

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Sentencing the three men at Hove Crown Court, Her Honour Judge Christine Henson KC said each of them “participated in an entirely predatory and callous attack”.

She added: “The impact on your victim was and continues to be devastating. It has had a life changing profound and irrevocable impact on her.

“You each treated her with contempt and you each played a role in further degrading her in the most appalling way.

“The arrogant and entitled attitude you each displayed that night continued through your trial.”

The court previously heard from prosecutor Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC, who said the three men were “on the lookout for women that night for sexual purposes” as they visited bars and nightclubs on Brighton seafront.

After leaving a club, the men crossed paths with the woman at a fast-food restaurant and they all went to the beach.