https://sg.news.yahoo.com/destroyed-life-rape-victim-tells-141917904.html
Wed, 15 July 2026 at 10:19 pm SGT
Composite image of the convicted men: Karin Al-Danasurt, Abdulla Ahmadi and Ibrahim Alshafe Gareth Fuller - PA
A woman who was repeatedly raped by asylum seekers on Brighton beach has said her three attackers destroyed her life.
The three were jailed on Wednesday for the attack, in which they targeted her as she "staggered" through the street alone and "incapacitated" in the early hours of the morning.
Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, an Egyptian national, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, an Iranian national, were jailed for 21 years each for rape. Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, an Egyptian national, was sentenced to 18 years and six months for filming the attack and encouraging the attack. All three will serve a further six years on extended licence.
The attack took place in Brighton on Oct 4 last year, after the woman had become separated from friends on a night out. Alshafe and Ahmadi took her behind a beach hut, where they raped her while Al-Danasurt filmed. The court heard she was spat on, kicked and had her throat grabbed.
Alshafe and Ahmadi were found guilty of two counts of rape by jurors, while Al-Danasurt was found guilty of four counts of rape as a secondary party by encouraging and filming the attack.
Ibrahim Alshafe, Karin Al-Danasurt and Abdulla Ahmadi, who have been jailed at Hove Crown Court for their parts in the rape - Sussex Police
At Wednesday's sentencing hearing, the woman read a victim impact statement to the court, saying: "They destroyed my life that night, they took something from me nobody had the right to do so."
Sentencing the men at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Christine Henson KC said: "Each of you participated in an entirely predatory and callous attack on a female separated from her friends after what had been a fun night out for her.
"You each treated her with contempt and you each played a role in degrading her in the most appalling way."
Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC, the prosecutor, told the court the men were "devoid of humanity" and that their treatment of the woman was "entirely predatory, callous and contemptuous", describing the effect on her as "extreme".
"They took something from me that night I'm afraid I will never get back. To not take accountability for their actions is like sticking a knife in and twisting it again."
She told the court that when she closes her eyes she still sees the man filming the attack, and the others "laughing at me". "My skin crawls. No matter how hard I scrub it, I still feel dirty," she said.
The three defendants were all living at Home Office-approved hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, West Sussex.
Ahmadi and Alshafe met on a small boat from France arriving in Britain on June 19, 2025, while Alshafe and Al-Danasurt, who arrived in the UK on Oct 11 2024, were roommates at the hotel.
The three prepared at the hotel before taking a bus into Brighton on the night of Oct 3.
The prosecution said he had been a "nasty little predator" that night who had been rejected by several women and was "on the prowl" with the co-defendants.
After the attack, the men returned to their hotel by bus and had a barbecue later that evening, around the time the woman was waiting to be medically examined.
During the trial, all three men gave evidence through translators to deny the crimes.
Ms Llewellyn-Waters said their accounts provided "clear and chilling insight into a wholly warped mindset" and a "total lack of remorse".
Alshafe and Ahmadi claimed the encounter was consensual and that the woman had approached them on the seafront, had kissed and touched them both, said something about sex and taken them both to the beach.
The court saw footage of the woman falling while walking with Ahmadi and Alshafe on the seafront.
Al-Danasurt claimed to jurors that he had tried to stop the attack by filming it, which Ms Llewellyn-Waters said was a "pack of lies".
Other footage showed Alshafe smiling and sticking his tongue out during the attack, as well as slapping the woman in the face.
The prosecution said the sentencing court should make its decision on the risk posed by the defendants "without regard to the possibility that one day a defendant may be deported".
‘You destroyed my life’, rape victim tells asylum seekers
Telegraph reportersWed, 15 July 2026 at 10:19 pm SGT
Composite image of the convicted men: Karin Al-Danasurt, Abdulla Ahmadi and Ibrahim Alshafe Gareth Fuller - PA
A woman who was repeatedly raped by asylum seekers on Brighton beach has said her three attackers destroyed her life.
The three were jailed on Wednesday for the attack, in which they targeted her as she "staggered" through the street alone and "incapacitated" in the early hours of the morning.
Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, an Egyptian national, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, an Iranian national, were jailed for 21 years each for rape. Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, an Egyptian national, was sentenced to 18 years and six months for filming the attack and encouraging the attack. All three will serve a further six years on extended licence.
The attack took place in Brighton on Oct 4 last year, after the woman had become separated from friends on a night out. Alshafe and Ahmadi took her behind a beach hut, where they raped her while Al-Danasurt filmed. The court heard she was spat on, kicked and had her throat grabbed.
Alshafe and Ahmadi were found guilty of two counts of rape by jurors, while Al-Danasurt was found guilty of four counts of rape as a secondary party by encouraging and filming the attack.
Ibrahim Alshafe, Karin Al-Danasurt and Abdulla Ahmadi, who have been jailed at Hove Crown Court for their parts in the rape - Sussex Police
At Wednesday's sentencing hearing, the woman read a victim impact statement to the court, saying: "They destroyed my life that night, they took something from me nobody had the right to do so."
Sentencing the men at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Christine Henson KC said: "Each of you participated in an entirely predatory and callous attack on a female separated from her friends after what had been a fun night out for her.
"You each treated her with contempt and you each played a role in degrading her in the most appalling way."
Hanna Llewellyn-Waters KC, the prosecutor, told the court the men were "devoid of humanity" and that their treatment of the woman was "entirely predatory, callous and contemptuous", describing the effect on her as "extreme".
'They destroyed my life'
In a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "They destroyed my life that night, they took something from me nobody had the right to do so. They violated me in every way."They took something from me that night I'm afraid I will never get back. To not take accountability for their actions is like sticking a knife in and twisting it again."
She told the court that when she closes her eyes she still sees the man filming the attack, and the others "laughing at me". "My skin crawls. No matter how hard I scrub it, I still feel dirty," she said.
The three defendants were all living at Home Office-approved hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, West Sussex.
Ahmadi and Alshafe met on a small boat from France arriving in Britain on June 19, 2025, while Alshafe and Al-Danasurt, who arrived in the UK on Oct 11 2024, were roommates at the hotel.
The three prepared at the hotel before taking a bus into Brighton on the night of Oct 3.
'On the prowl'
During the night out, the friends went to a bar and nightclub on the beach where Alshafe chatted to a woman using Google Translate about his hopes to marry a woman and have children and obtain citizenship in the UK.The prosecution said he had been a "nasty little predator" that night who had been rejected by several women and was "on the prowl" with the co-defendants.
After the attack, the men returned to their hotel by bus and had a barbecue later that evening, around the time the woman was waiting to be medically examined.
During the trial, all three men gave evidence through translators to deny the crimes.
Ms Llewellyn-Waters said their accounts provided "clear and chilling insight into a wholly warped mindset" and a "total lack of remorse".
Alshafe and Ahmadi claimed the encounter was consensual and that the woman had approached them on the seafront, had kissed and touched them both, said something about sex and taken them both to the beach.
The court saw footage of the woman falling while walking with Ahmadi and Alshafe on the seafront.
Al-Danasurt claimed to jurors that he had tried to stop the attack by filming it, which Ms Llewellyn-Waters said was a "pack of lies".
Other footage showed Alshafe smiling and sticking his tongue out during the attack, as well as slapping the woman in the face.
The prosecution said the sentencing court should make its decision on the risk posed by the defendants "without regard to the possibility that one day a defendant may be deported".
