UK jails two Libyan soldiers who raped man on night out
London (AFP) - Two Libyan soldiers who were in Britain on a training course were sentenced to 12 years in jail on Friday after being found guilty of raping a drunken man after a night out.
A jury in Cambridge in eastern England found Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, guilty of rape, and aiding and abetting each other in raping the man in October last year.
The court was told that the pair had acted like "hunting dogs" in tracking down their victim, aged in his twenties.
"This was a truly horrendous crime and I hope today's result will allow the victim some closure and to begin rebuilding his life," police inspector Alan Page said outside court.
"These men deliberately targeted their victim because of his vulnerability that night, which they took advantage of to commit this callous crime."
Prosecutor John Farmer said the guilty men had "picked off" their victim like a "wounded animal."
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police that he had been raped by "three Arab guys." ...
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