The Bristol court in the UK has begun proceedings against three men and a 16-year-old teenager from Afghanistan, accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl.
The court announced that the three adult men fled from Britain to France in a lorry but were arrested there and returned to the UK. All four defendants are currently in custody, and their trial is ongoing.
In the announcement, the identities of the individuals were revealed as 21-year-old Mehrab Safi, 19-year-old Ol Ahmadzai, and 19-year-old Salman Habibkhel. The identity of the other teenager has not been disclosed for legal reasons.
Reports indicate that these individuals raped the victim in a house in Bristol.
According to information presented to the court, the girl had met Mehrab Safi five days before the incident in November 2025 while Christmas shopping in downtown Bristol and had given him her phone number.
The court stated that this man deceived the girl through the social media platform Snapchat and arranged for a taxi to take her from her home in Somerset to Bristol on the morning of November 30.
Surveillance camera footage shows that the girl and Mehrab Safi were holding hands while walking down the street. It was reported that after taking her to a house in St. Werburghs, she was asked to engage in sexual activity with him.
The prosecutor told the court that despite the girl’s reluctance, Mehrab Safi raped her, and afterward, the three other men present in the house took turns raping her in the bedroom or on the bed against her will.
Prosecutor Ed Hetherington stated: “The victim was trapped and isolated in the middle of the night, in an unfamiliar city, in a house full of strange men.”
The prosecution emphasized that throughout this time, the Afghan men were giving alcohol and cigarettes to the victim, and this situation continued for several hours until the girl’s mother contacted the police.
Additionally, the victim told police officers that she just wanted to go home because she did not feel safe. Following this incident, three adult defendants fled the scene and went to Birmingham and London.
