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Brighton Beach Rape Trial Hears Claim Defendant Fled Hotel, Hid Videos

Prosecutors point to CCTV plus phone clips to argue the men targeted a woman too drunk to consent.

Overview

  • The prosecutor questioned Abdulla Ahmadi about leaving his asylum hotel the day after October 4, 2025, and about receiving three clips of the incident with two placed in a hidden phone folder, which he denied watching.
  • Jurors have seen three short videos that prosecutors say were filmed by Karin Al-Danasurt, along with seafront CCTV that shows the woman stumbling and needing support.
  • All three men deny rape, with Ibrahim Alshafe and Ahmadi saying the sex was consensual and Ahmadi alleging police threatened him and altered his statement.
  • Charges include two counts of rape each for Alshafe and Ahmadi, plus four counts against Al-Danasurt as a secondary party for allegedly encouraging the assaults by filming, and one count for sharing intimate films.
  • The defendants were living at the Home Office‑approved Cisswood House Hotel for asylum seekers in Horsham, and the case continues at Lewes Crown Court in Hove.