Express
May 9, 2015
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Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, raped the man at a park in Cambridge, a court heard.
They had been training at Bassingbourn Barracks as part of a programme by the UK government to assist war-torn Libya.
Prosecutor John Farmer claimed that the pair met the man – a “complete stranger” who had left a wedding party – in the centre of Cambridge last October.
The alleged victim had drunk “a formidable amount of alcohol” at a wedding party and was led to Christ’s Pieces park by the defendants, Mr Farmer added.
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Mr Farmer said: “He was in no fit state one way or another to consent.
“They behaved like two hunting dogs who had seen a wounded animal.
“They effectively took him over and, initially not using too much force and later more forcefully, kept him going in the direction they wanted him to go.”
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