London - Two Libyan soldiers who were in Britain on a
training course were sentenced to 12 years in jail on Friday
after being found guilty of raping a drunken man after a
night out.
A jury in Cambridge in eastern England found Moktar Ali
Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, guilty of rape,
and aiding and abetting each other in raping the man in
October last year.
Callous crime
The court was told that the pair had acted like "hunting
dogs" in tracking down their victim, aged in his twenties.
"This was a truly horrendous crime and I hope the result
will allow the victim some closure and to begin rebuilding
his life," police inspector Alan Page said outside court.
"These men deliberately targeted their victim because of
his vulnerability that night, which they took advantage of
to commit this callous crime."
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Prosecutor John Farmer said the guilty men had "picked
off" their victim like a "wounded animal."
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told
police that he had been raped by "three Arab guys."
"They were horrendous, they weren't human," he added.
Sexual assaults
Jenny Hopkins, a regional chief prosecutor, urged male
victims of rape to come forward in light of Friday's
decision.
"I hope today's verdict might offer some victims the
confidence they need to come forward," she said.
Three other Libyan cadets were jailed on Wednesday for
separate sexual assaults in Cambridge on the same night,
but reporting restrictions were in place until the
conclusion of the other trial.

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