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.
Ivan Turtak was one of three men who targeted the girl[/caption]
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.”
Turtak was found guilty or raping a child under 13[/caption]
A caravan used for the crimes was found in Arthur Street, Folkestone, Kent[/caption]
