Four jailed for raping and sexually assaulting teenage girl in Bristol
Four defendants have been jailed for raping and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year. The court heard they had groomed her with alcohol and cigarettes, and the three adult defendants fled to France in a lorry before being returned to the UK and convicted.
The judge said the girl had been made drunk and vulnerable, and was raped five times and sexually assaulted over several hours. Mehrab Safi, 21, received 15 years in prison; Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, received nine years each in detention, while the 17-year-old defendant received three years in detention.
- Four defendants were sentenced over the assault of a 17-year-old girl.
- The victim was groomed with alcohol and cigarettes.
- Three adults fled to France before being returned to the UK.
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In November 2025, a 17-year-old girl was raped and sexually assaulted at a house in Bristol. The perpetrators had groomed her with alcohol and cigarettes to make her vulnerable before subjecting her to repeated abuse over several hours.
Four individuals were responsible for the crimes: three adults and a teenager. Three of the adults attempted to flee to France in a lorry to avoid prosecution but were later brought back to the United Kingdom for trial.
Grooming refers to the process of building trust with a victim to make them more susceptible to abuse and control. It is a commonly used tactic in cases of child sexual exploitation.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Four Afghans who fled UK in back of a lorry after gang-raping teenage girl they groomed with vodka and cigarettes jailed”.