THREE CONVICTED WITH BRIGHTON BEACH RAPE
Three men have been convicted of the rape of a woman on Brighton beach in October, 2025.Police received a report on Saturday, 4 October, that a woman in a vulnerable state had been taken to the beach by three men and attacked at around 5am that morning.
The victim – a woman in her 30s – was able to escape and raise the alarm, triggering an urgent police investigation while she was supported by specialist officers and our partners.
CCTV footage from a nearby nightclub identified all three suspects, who had scanned their ID cards on entering the club as part of the venue’s own security measures.
They were identified as Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, and Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, located and arrested.
Footage of the attack was found on the phone of Al-Danasurt, who sought to claim in his defence he had not been an active participant in the rape.
Alshafe and Ahmadi were subsequently charged with two counts of rape, while Al-Danasurt was charged with four counts of rape and sharing intimate images.
All three were remanded in custody.
Ahmadi, an Iranian national from Crewe, and Al-Danasurt and Alshafe – both Egyptian nationals from Horsham, all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following a trial at Hove Crown Court concluding on Thursday (23 April), a jury found all three defendants guilty of all counts of rape.
The charge of sharing intimate images against Al-Danasurt was removed.
—————————————————————————————————— Three men accused of raping a woman on Brighton beach last month will face trial in March.
Abdulla Ahmadi, 25, an Iranian national from Crewe, and Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, both Egyptian nationals from Horsham, were arrested last month and each charged with two counts of rape.
Sussex Police received a report that a woman had been raped on the lower esplanade in Brighton at about 5 am on October 4.
A plea hearing was adjourned today after no Kurdish interpreter was available for Ahmadi.
A three-week trial is scheduled for March 2026.
The men will remain in custody ahead of a pre-trial hearing set for December.
According to the Home Office, the men arrived in the UK by irregular means and were awaiting decisions on their asylum claims.
Det Sup Andy Harbour said in October: "I understand how distressing this incident will be for the community and our dedicated partnership operations to protect women and girls will continue in earnest." He added that the victim was being supported by specialist officers.
