Two teenage boys took it in turns to rape a schoolgirl on the Appleby Horse Truthful after ‘frogmarching’ her down an alleyway, a jury heard.
The 15-year-old’s terrifying ordeal befell in 2019 and was outlined through the trial of the 2 youngsters, who’ve since turned 18.
The pair, who’re first cousins, had denied the assault. However they had been convicted by a jury following a three-week trial at Carlisle Crown Courtroom.
{The teenager}, who haven’t been named, now face being jailed for raping their underaged sufferer.
The woman was raped by two youngsters in Might 2019. Pictured are police on the 2022 Appleby Horse Truthful
Outlining the case because the trial acquired underway, prosecutor Tim Evans stated the schoolgirl had been attending the horse truthful along with her household in Might 2019.
On the day of the assault, she had been on the town with two associates, earlier than she encountered her two attackers, who she had by no means met.
‘The defendants shouted at her, adopted her and her wrist was grabbed as she walked throughout a bridge,’ Mr Evans stated as he described them ‘frogmarching’ her to an alleyway.
‘She was then taken down a secluded lane in town centre aspect of the bridge.’
As one of many defendants acted as a lookout at one finish of the lane, the opposite raped the woman earlier than they modified locations, with the second boy then raping her.
Summarising the woman’s account of the horrifying double rape, Mr Evans stated: ‘She’s going to let you know that she was scared all through and the way she was repeatedly telling them no.’
The jury later heard that after the intercourse assault, one of many boys stated he needed to proceed with the sexual assault. However the sufferer managed to flee.
In an interview with detectives after the ordeal, a pal of the woman stated when the teen rejoined the group she appeared ‘scared and shaking’.
The traumatised teen then begged her associates ‘Get me out of right here’. whereas showing ‘very shaken up’, the courtroom heard.
The 2 teenaged attackers concerned within the 2019 rape of the 15-year-old woman now face being jailed after being convicted by a jury. Pictured is the Appleby Horse Truthful in June, 2022
The jury additionally heard proof from a boy who was among the many sufferer’s group of associates, who stated she trembled when he hugged her and that she regarded ‘very pale as if she was going to faint’ after she got here again from the bridge.
Talking of the lead as much as the assault, Mr Evans described how the woman and her associates had been on a bridge when the defendants shouted at her, asking for her title.
‘They had been asking if she needed to go for a stroll with them however she was fobbing them off,’ stated the prosecutor.
It was at this level he stated that the pair of teenaged rapists took her hand and ‘marched her over the bridge’ and down the alleyway.
After reporting the incident to police, the woman then managed to select the 2 culprits throughout an id parade on July 9.
Of their defence, the pair of defendants insisted that the woman had consented to the sexual exercise.
However addressing these claims in courtroom, Mr Evans urged the jury to contemplate how doubtless it was {that a} younger woman would have intercourse with two whole strangers inside minutes of assembly them,
‘Or is it that these two defendants had been determined to get sexual contact with a feminine that day – any feminine?’ he stated.
Each defendants remained silent throughout their police interview, the courtroom later heard.
The jury took 10 hours and 43 minutes to ship two responsible verdicts. Each youngsters had been remanded in custody following the decision to be sentenced on the similar courtroom on February 17.
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