Three men repeatedly raped 12-year-old girl after luring her from Asda car park

Three men have been found guilty of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl after luring her from an Asda car park.

Kevin Horvath, 26, and Ivan Turtak, 38, spotted her outside the supermarket in Dover on August 11 last year and encouraged her to get in their car.

She was then given drugs, including crystal meth and amphetamine, and passed between the two men and a third, Ernest Gunar, 27, who repeatedly raped her and subjected her to sexual acts.

They carried on with the abuse for three days, threatening to kill the girl if she tried to call for help or run away.

Prosecutor Hannah Llewellyn-Waters told jurors at Canterbury Crown Court the vulnerable youngster had been ‘used, abused and discarded like trash’.

She said: ‘She was passed around and treated effectively as a receptacle for their own sexual gratification, and the defendants’ conduct was callous, degrading, and it was entirely exploitative.’ 

Giving evidence, the girl said of the ordeal: ‘I didn’t want them to hurt me. They had suggested that if I were to try and get help they would hurt me.’ 

She managed to escape after waking up before them on August 13 and was able to flag down a passing police car.

Her phone had been taken from her and was later found in Horvath’s car.

Under cross-examination, the girl had to deny suggestions by the defence that she had lied about her age and helped herself to drugs.

She also rejected any notion that she had removed her own clothes and ‘gestured’ for Gunar to join in while she was being raped by Horvath.

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.’

Horvath was convicted of sexual assault of a child under 13.

He had previously pleaded guilty to three charges of rape of a child under 13 and one charge of assault by penetration of a child under 13.

Turtak was convicted of rape of a child under 13.

He had already pleaded guilty to taking indecent photos of a child.

Gunar was convicted of two charges of rape of a child under 13.

He had previously pleaded guilty to one charge of rape of a child under 13.

They were remanded into custody ahead of their sentencing on September 12.

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