Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAsylum seekers Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, have been sentenced to 21 years in prison each for raping a woman on Brighton beach on 4 October 2025. Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, who filmed the attack, received a sentence of 18 years and six months in prison; all three will serve an additional six years on extended licence. The court heard the woman was targeted and incapacitated after becoming separated from her friends on a night out, with Alshafe and Ahmadi committing the rape while Al-Danasurt filmed the incident. Alshafe and Ahmadi were found guilty of two counts of rape, while Al-Danasurt was convicted of four counts of rape as a secondary party, following a five-week trial at Hove Crown Court. The victim delivered a powerful impact statement, describing how the men 'destroyed my life' and 'violated me in every way,' with the judge condemning the attack as 'entirely predatory and callous.' In fullAsylum seekers jailed for 21 years for raping woman on Brighton beachMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Three asylum seekers who raped woman on Brighton beach handed lengthy sentences
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAsylum seekers Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, and Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, have been sentenced to 21 years in prison each for raping a woman on Brighton beach on 4 October 2025. Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, who filmed the attack, received a sentence of 18 years and six months in prison; all three will serve an additional six years on extended licence. The court heard the woman was targeted and incapacitated after becoming separated from her friends on a night out, with Alshafe and Ahmadi committing the rape while Al-Danasurt filmed the incident. Alshafe and Ahmadi were found guilty of two counts of rape, while Al-Danasurt was convicted of four counts of rape as a secondary party, following a five-week trial at Hove Crown Court. The victim delivered a powerful impact statement, describing how the men 'destroyed my life' and 'violated me in every way,' with the judge condemning the attack as 'entirely predatory and callous.' In fullAsylum seekers jailed for 21 years for raping woman on Brighton beachMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
