Four Afghans who fled UK in back of a lorry after gang-raping teenage girl they groomed with vodka and cigarettes are jailed
First reported 6 Oct, 16:24 UTCUpdated 21h ago4 sources
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Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a boy, 17, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.
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Trio and 17-year-old boy convicted of rape after they persuaded girl to travel into Bristol alone and got her drunk Three men who raped a 17-year-old girl before escaping from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been sentenced to a total of 33 years in detention. Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal…
Three men tried to flee the UK in a lorry after their crimes, but were stopped by French police.
Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a boy, 17, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.
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- Afghan nationals jailed after grooming and raping teenage girl in Bristol before 'celebrating' fleeing Britain (opens GB News in a new tab)
Three Afghan nationals who fled the country after grooming and raping a teenage girl in Bristol in November 2025 were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court today. Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai, 19, and Salman Habibkheil, 19, filmed themselves "celebrating" as they escaped the UK in the back of a lorry three days after…
- Afghan men jailed for rape of teenager after being caught fleeing UK by French police (opens BBC News in a new tab)
Three men tried to flee the UK in a lorry after their crimes, but were stopped by French police.
- Three men jailed for raping teenage girl before fleeing UK in back of lorry (opens The Guardian in a new tab)
Trio and 17-year-old boy convicted of rape after they persuaded girl to travel into Bristol alone and got her drunk Three men who raped a 17-year-old girl before escaping from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been sentenced to a total of 33 years in detention. Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal…
- Four Afghans who fled UK in back of a lorry after gang-raping teenage girl they groomed with vodka and cigarettes are jailed (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a boy, 17, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.
