Three men jailed for raping teenage girl before fleeing UK in back of lorry
Summary
Four men were sentenced to prison for raping a 17-year-old girl in Bristol. After the attack, they tried to escape to France by hiding in a refrigerated truck but were caught and sent back to the UK.Key Facts
- The victim was 17 years old and met one of the men, Mehrab Safi, during a Christmas shopping trip to Bristol.
- The men gave the girl alcohol, then raped her multiple times at a house in Bristol.
- The four accused are Safi (21), Salman Habibkheil (19), Awal Ahmadzai (19), and a 17-year-old boy.
- Safi got 15 years in prison; Habibkheil and Ahmadzai got nine years in youth detention; the 17-year-old got 2 years and 7 months.
- The men fled the UK in the back of a lorry carrying frozen goods but were caught in France and returned to the UK.
- All four were born in Afghanistan and had difficult backgrounds, including escape from Taliban violence.
- The court said their backgrounds did not excuse the harm done to the victim, who now struggles to leave the house and put her dreams on hold.
- Police emphasized that the crime is about individual criminal behavior, not about any culture, community, or religion.
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