Asylum Seekers Convicted of Brighton Beach Rape

0:00On April 25, three asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel in small boats have been convicted of gang raping a vulnerable woman on Brighton, each last October. The men, a 20-year-old Egyptian using a fake name, a 25-year-old fellow Egyptian, and a 26-year-old Iranian, all arrived. Separately last year, amid thousands of similar crossings. Their asylum claims got rejected, but they appealed and stayed in a taxpayer-funded hotel in West Sussex while waiting. There they met up, went out one night, spotted the woman separated from her friends and too drunk to resist, then attacked her brutally near the beach shack, even filming in. She described drifting in and out of consciousness, begging them to stop as they laughed and degraded her, leaving her life in ruins with nightmares. Of the assault. Yesterday, after a five-week trial at Hove Crown Court, all three were found guilty of rape. Officers called them a predatory pack hunting for someone incapacitated.

1:00The victim had no memory of reaching the beach and thought her drink might have been spiked. One fled far away the next day, but cops nabbed them all within a week. Now, with lengthy sentences coming in July, the government plans to deport them for good once they're done. This case shines a harsh light on border security gaps, letting criminals slip through appeals and prey on folks at home.