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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Three men guilty of repeatedly raping 12-year-old girl over three days
Three men are facing jail after being found guilty of rape after drugging a young girl and 'using her for their own horrendous gratification' over multiple days. Kevin Horvath, 26, and Ivan Turtak, 38, saw the 12-year-old victim in a supermarket car park in Dover and encouraged her to get in their car on August 11 2024, a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesperson said. She was then plied with drugs including crystal meth and amphetamine before she was raped and subjected to sexual acts by them and a third man, Ernest Gunar, 27, over a three-day period. The girl managed to escape from her captors after waking up before them on August 13. On Thursday, jurors at Canterbury Crown Court found the three men guilty of a series of sexual offences including rape of a 12-year-old girl after over 14 hours of deliberation. After trial, Gunar was convicted of two counts of rape against a child under 13; Turtak was convicted of one count; and Horvath was convicted of sexual assault. Horvath had already admitted three counts of rape against a child under 13, and one charge of assault by penetration of a child under 13, and Gunar, who is thought to be his cousin, had also admitted one charge of rape. Turtak initially denied rape but did admit taking indecent photos of a child. During the three-day period, whenever they went out in public, the girl was told that she would be killed if she tried to talk to anyone or tried to run away, a CPS spokesperson said. She was found by police on August 13 after escaping from the three men. Her phone had been taken from her and was later found in Horvath's car. Senior Crown Prosecutor Catherine Wear said: 'The three defendants took a 12-year-old from the street, took full advantage of her, plying her with drugs and using her for their own horrendous gratification. 'None of us can underestimate the impact this has had on her. When she was first found by police, she was unable to tell them what she had been put through, as she was so scared, and the details only came out gradually after that. 'Thanks to her courage in detailing what happened to her, despite the obvious distress that caused her, these three dangerous men have now been brought to justice for the appalling and callous crimes they committed against her. 'We hope these verdicts bring some small comfort to her as she starts to rebuild her life.' Horvath and Turtak, of Dover, along with Gunar, of Folkestone, will be sentenced on September 12.
The Sun
7 hours ago
- The Sun
Trio GUILTY of drugging and raping girl, 12, in three-day horror ordeal after luring her into car at Asda
THREE predators have been found guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl in a three-day ordeal after luring her into a car at Asda. Ivan Turtak, 38, Kevin Horvath, 25, and Ernest Gunar, 27, passed the young girl around "like a receptacle" for their sexual pleasure. 3 The "complete strangers" had "targeted and exploited" the victim after spotting her alone in the supermarket car park. All three have been been convicted of raping a child under 13 and a number of other offences. Canterbury Crown Court heard they struck on August 11, 2024, by persuading her to get in Horvath's car with the promise of a cigarette. The evil trio then drove her to Turtak's flat in Dover before she was taken to Gunar's caravan in Folkestone. Once there, the girl was plied with drugs - including crystal meth - and subjected to rape and other sexual acts. Threats to kill her were made if she tried to leave or raise the alarm and a photo of her standing naked in a bathtub was also taken. The horror only came to an end when the schoolgirl made a daring escape out of a window. She was found wearing different clothes by police three days after she was taken. At first, she did not reveal the abuse and claimed she had changed into clothes she found by the side of the road. However, she later gave varied accounts to both her family, police, and in a diary entry that included being attacked in a park and being abducted. Prosecutor Hannah Llewellyn-Waters said that while the accounts differed, the central part of her allegations still ran true - that the trio targeted her and gave her drugs to make her compliant for their sexual desires. She added: "We say that she was passed around and treated effectively as a receptacle for their own sexual gratification, and the defendants' conduct, in the Crown's case, was callous, degrading, and it was entirely exploitative." Horvath was convicted of sexual assault of a child under 13 after previously admitting three counts of rape and assault by penetration. Turtak was found guilty or raping a child under 13, having admitted taking indecent photos of a child. Gunar was convicted of two charges of rape of a child under 13 after he previously pleaded guilty to one charge of rape of a child under 13. Catherine Wear from the Crown Prosecution Service said: 'The three defendants took a 12-year-old from the street, took full advantage of her, plying her with drugs and using her for their own horrendous gratification. 'None of us can underestimate the impact this has had on her. When she was first found by police, she was unable to tell them what she had been put through, as she was so scared, and the details only came out gradually after that. 'Thanks to her courage in detailing what happened to her, despite the obvious distress that caused her, these three dangerous men have now been brought to justice for the appalling and callous crimes they committed against her. 'We hope these verdicts bring some small comfort to her as she starts to rebuild her life.' 3 3
