When the first youth had finished, Marvin Edwards, 18, also raped her, London's Blackfriars Crown Court was told.Įventually the screaming victim, who had earlier been hurled into the murky water of the Grand Union Canal in Ladbroke Grove, West London, wriggled free from her attackers, struggled to her feet and made a run for it.īut the woman's desperate bid for freedom was short lived and she was brought crashing to the ground after just a few yards.
Others in the 14-strong group - one aged just 12 - stood around during an shouting encouragement as the sordid scene unfolded shortly after midnight. She punched the 37-year-old victim in the face, called her a 'slag', and then ripped off her top before she was gang-raped on a canal towpath.Ī 15-year-old boy, who tore off her trousers, then forced the woman to have sex. A teenage girl, who pinned a woman to the ground during a 'vile and horrifying' sex attack, was today found guilty of rape.Ĭlaire Marsh, 18, is thought to be the youngest of the few females ever to be convicted of such an offence in this country.
