Three Afghans jailed in UK for raping, trafficking 17-year-old girl; defendants fled to France after attack

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•   ISLAMABAD, Oct 08 (APP): A court in Bristol, United Kingdom, has sentenced three Afghan nationals to lengthy prison terms for the rape and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl, while a fourth defendant, aged 17, was also detained in connection with the case.
• According to the case presented before the court, the victim was taken to the house and given alcohol before being subjected to sexual assault and rape over a period of several hours.
• Safi received the longest sentence, with Bristol Crown Court sentencing him to 15 years in prison for two counts of rape and one count of human trafficking.

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 08 (APP): A court in Bristol, United Kingdom, has sentenced three Afghan nationals to lengthy prison terms for the rape and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl, while a fourth defendant, aged 17, was also detained in connection with the case.

Bristol Crown Court heard that Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil, 19, Awal Ahmadzai, 19, and the 17-year-old defendant, whose identity cannot legally be disclosed, attacked the teenage girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.

According to the case presented before the court, the victim was taken to the house and given alcohol before being subjected to sexual assault and rape over a period of several hours. The court also found that she had been trafficked for the purpose of committing a sexual offence.