Libyan pair jailed for raping man in Cambridge

A Cambridgeshire community says it's been let down by the Ministry of Defence following the jailing of several Libyan soldiers for a string of sex attacks on men and women in Cambridge.

The MOD has accepted that it's communication with people living near to Bassingbourn Barracks was not good enough, but many feel frustrated by the way they've been treated.

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The Defence Secretary has been urged to make a public apology to the victims of sex attacks by Libyan soldiers brought to Cambridge for training with the British Army,

Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud and Ibrahim Abugtila, were both jailed for 12 years after acting like "hunting dogs" as they raped a man at Christs Pieces in Cambridge last year.

Three other Libyans cadets have already admitted unrelated sex attacks on women which happened on the same night in Cambridge.

They were sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on May 13th but this could not be reported until the other case was concluded.

The leader of Cambridge Council says the victims deserve a public apology. The Ministry of Defence says it's condemned the attacks.

Two Libyan soldiers stationed in the UK have been convicted of raping a man in Cambridge.

Mukhtar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were found guilty of raping and aiding and abetting the rape of the man in his 20s on Christ's Pieces on October 26.

They've both been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The pair were arrested while undergoing training at Bassingbourn Barracks in Cambridgeshire as part of an agreement by the British Government to help war-torn Libya after the 2011 collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Cambridge Crown Court has heard the pair acted like "hunting dogs", picking off a victim who was drunk and vulnerable after a night out.