Three Men Jailed for Rape of Woman on Brighton Beach

Three men were sentenced at Hove Crown Court on 15 July 2026 for the rape of a woman on Brighton Beach, BBC News reported. Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, from Iran, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, from Egypt, each received 21 years in prison. Karin Al-Danasurt, 21, from Egypt, was sentenced to 18 years and six months for filming the attack as a secondary party.

Each man will serve an additional six years on extended licence and must complete two thirds of the custodial term before parole eligibility. Her Honour Judge Christine Henson KC said each defendant participated in an entirely predatory and callous attack that had a life changing profound and irrevocable impact on the victim.

The three men were living in a Home Office hotel in Horsham at the time.

Ahmadi and Alshafe arrived in the UK together on a small boat from France in June 2025. Al-Danasurt arrived in October 2024 and shared a room with Alshafe at the hotel in Lower Beeding. The court heard the men travelled by bus to Brighton the evening before the attack.

During the night, Alshafe used Google Translate to tell a woman in a bar of his hopes to marry, have children and obtain UK citizenship. After the attack the men returned to the hotel by bus and held a barbecue. Sussex Police Ch Supt Karrie Bohanna said outside court that the victim’s bravery meant three dangerous, predatory men no longer pose any threat to women and girls in Sussex.

Home Office minister Alex Norris described the case as nothing short of gut wrenching. In a statement read to the court the victim said she was not going to report the incident at first but is glad she did and obtained justice.