Hull hotel rape: Two jailed for attack girl, 13

Ibrehemi then repeatedly raped the girl. A pillow was placed over her head and she was punched in the leg. Smith entered the room at points, telling Ibrehemi to “shut her up as she was going to get you both caught”.

CCTV captured Smith pacing the corridor “like a cat on a hot tin roof” while occasionally looking into the room. When a hotel staff member approached due to suspicious behaviour, Smith claimed he was trying to get a mobile phone signal. The staff member later heard Smith open the door and urge Ibrehemi to “hurry up”.

The men then walked the girl out of the hotel, again captured on CCTV as heavily intoxicated and barely able to walk.

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Her next recollection was being collected by her father from Anlaby Road and taken home. She later confided in a friend, leading to her parents being informed and Humberside Police being alerted. Both men were arrested.

Claire Holmes, prosecuting, read the victim’s impact statement to the court. The girl, who attended with support from friends and the court witness service, said: “The pain and hurt is hard to comprehend. The two men have taken away my confidence, my personality, my ability to function and my virginity. My virginity should have been protected, as should have I.

“It should have been with someone I love and someone who loved me. I will never get over being raped. It is with me every second of every minute of every hour of every day.

“It is something that will live with me forever and I will never forget what happened to me.”

She described herself as previously a happy, confident young woman who now felt scared, mistrusted boys and men, and rarely went out, adding: “I hope I can find the fun-loving, silly, confident young woman I was.”

Judge Singh noted the offenders acted together in committing the rape, which occurred under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Mitigation for Ibrehemi, presented by Rachel Scott, highlighted that he was 19 at the time, showing immaturity, and had pleaded guilty at an early stage. He arrived in the UK as a 17-year-old refugee from Iran after his father paid people smugglers due to danger in his homeland. He had been isolated with little family contact and no previous convictions. He wished to apologise to the victim. He had been the victim of assaults while awaiting sentence, and deportation by the Home Office was anticipated.

For Smith, Michele Stuart-Lofthouse submitted a psychological report and a letter from his mother, citing a chaotic background involving care, domestic abuse, and childhood exploitation through County Lines drug dealing in Grimsby. He had moved to Hull to start anew and apologised for his actions.

Judge Singh told Smith he had not physically attacked the girl but acted as lookout: “Without you providing the room and lying to the witness, this offence could not have been committed.”

Both defendants will serve at least two-thirds of their sentences before being eligible for parole consideration. They have been placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and are subject to a lifelong barring order from working with children.

Addressing the victim directly, Judge Singh said the sentences would offer little comfort and could not undo what happened. He stressed she was the victim and should not reproach herself for consuming alcohol.

“All young people are entitled to make mistakes,” he said. “They took advantage of you. You had the most awful experience. It was not of your making.”