Overview
- Video played in court showed pixelated clips recovered from Karin Al-Danasurt’s phone that prosecutors say depict co-defendants Ibrahim Alshafe and Abdulla Ahmadi assaulting the complainant.
- In a recorded police interview screened to jurors, the woman said she drifted in and out of consciousness during the incident and feared she would be killed.
- Prosecutors told the jury that DNA from Alshafe and Ahmadi matched samples taken from the complainant, while forensic results for Al-Danasurt were reported as inconclusive.
- Charges before the court include two counts of rape each against Alshafe and Ahmadi, and four counts against Al-Danasurt as an alleged secondary party plus a count of sharing intimate films; all three plead not guilty.
- The defendants have pending asylum claims and lived in Home Office-approved accommodation at the time of the alleged offences, and the trial is continuing with hearings expected to run into April.