A teenaged girl who approached a group of men and a teenager, asking for directions was subjected to an “abhorrent” rape last September. Shersha Muslimyar, 21, Tamin Rahmani.38, Rafiullah Hamidy, 24, have been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 17 year old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is given seven years.
The group attacked the victim as she approached them when she was on her way to a friend's home after a night out in Ramsgate, Kent. The men took her to a flat, raped her, then sent her away out the back of the building. The victim was eventually found crying in the street by two people who called the police. Detective Inspector Richard Vickery, of Kent Police said, “The victim in this case was a vulnerable teenage girl who was taken advantage of and subjected to some of the most horrendous crimes imaginable. It was late at night, she was lost and she asked a group of men for directions. Instead they saw an opportunity to fulfil their depraved sexual desires and betrayed the trust she placed in them in the worst possible way.”
All four defendants had denied a charge of rape, but were found guilty at Canterbury Crown Court last week. “Rape is an abhorrent crime and the victim has suffered a great deal of emotional harm from the ordeal she was forced to endure,” Vickery said.
