Libyan soldiers convicted of raping man in Cambridge

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.