Overview
- The defendants are named as Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, Abdulla Ahmadi, 25, and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, charged with multiple counts of raping a 33-year-old woman.
- Sussex Police say the men are remanded in custody and officers are not seeking additional suspects in the case.
- Police received a report of rape on the lower esplanade in Brighton at about 5am on October 4, and the victim is receiving support from specialist officers.
- In court, the prosecution said the woman was dragged onto the beach and described the incident as a terrifying ordeal.
- Al-Danasurt also faces a charge of sharing intimate images without consent and is being investigated for suspected immigration offences, with reports stating two defendants were living in an asylum hotel in West Sussex.