Overview
- Abdullah, 19, was found guilty Friday by a Bournemouth Crown Court jury of rape and assault by penetration after about three hours of deliberation.
- The attack happened in the early hours of July 6, 2025, when a 19-year-old who was drunk and separated from friends accepted an offer of a ride and was taken to a portable toilet on the seafront.
- Prosecutors said he dragged her into the locked cubicle and raped her, with a passerby earlier shouting a warning and CCTV later showing him heading up the promenade.
- The victim told police she feared resisting because he was with a group, and she cried in court as the verdicts were read.
- Abdullah denied the charges and claimed the sex was consensual; the judge remanded him in custody pending sentencing and said a prison term is inevitable.