Girl, 16, Dragged To a Flat and Gang Raped After She Asked Men for Directions

A teenage girl got lost and decided to ask some men for direction but they dragged her back to a flat and gang-raped her. She had been on her way to a friend's house after a night out.

According to Kent police, she stopped to ask a group of men for directions in Ramsgate on Sunday, September 18, 2016, but instead of giving her help, the men took advantage of her.

They led her to one of the flats used by them. There, they raped her and escorted her back out the building. The girl was eventually found crying in the street by two members of the public who called the police.

The three men and a boy who abused the 16-year-old have been jailed. Their names are Shersha Muslimyar, 21, Tamin Rahmani, 38, Rafiullah Hamidy, 24, and a 17-year-old unnamed boy.

"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,” Detective Inspector Richard Vickery of Kent Police said.

"Instead they saw an opportunity to fulfill their depraved sexual desires and betrayed the trust she placed in them in the worst possible way,” he said.

“Rape is an abhorrent crime and the victim has suffered a great deal of emotional harm from the ordeal she was forced to endure; she has displayed tremendous courage in reliving what happened to her, and I would like to personally thank her for having the strength to help bring her offenders to justice. They clearly pose a significant danger to women and children and are fully deserving of the lengthy prison sentences they have received," Detective Inspector Richard Vickery said.

 

Muslimyar from Canterbury, Rahmani from Ramsgate, and Hamidy from Herne Bay were all sentenced to 14 years in prison each. The 17-year-old boy, who is not named for legal reasons, was jailed for 7 years.