Two men have been jailed for raping a woman in an underground car park in County Tyrone.
Luis Dos Martins Mariano, 20, with an address of Sloan Street, and Alcino Soares, 21, with an address of Braeside, also in Dungannon, both previously pleaded guilty to rape.
Both men moved to Northern Ireland from East Timor when they were younger.
The rape took place on 10 September 2023 when both men were 17 and some of it was recorded on CCTV. The victim was 19 at the time.
At Downpatrick Crown Court on Thursday the judge sentenced both men to six years, three of those will be served in prison and three out on license.
Both men appeared in court via video link from Hydebank prison.
Judge Richard Green said the CCTV footage of the incident “makes for disturbing viewing”.
He also commended the “bravery” of the victim coming forward and said she was a “survivor”.
He said her impact statement was both “eloquent and moving”.
Judge Green said the victim was subjected to a “prolonged and humiliating ordeal” with Soares and Mariano taking turns to rape her.
“It should have been obvious to both of them she was intoxicated and she was less able to recognise the danger she was in, she was not capable of resisting this cowardly attack on her and she was not able to call for help,” he said.
Judge Green said taking her to a car park at this late time showed a “significant degree of planning and foresight”.
When sentencing the men Judge Green said he took into account their young age at the time of offending, their learning difficulties, the fact they had both entered guilty pleas, delays to the case and time they had already spent in prison.
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During an earlier sentencing hearing last month, the court heard details of the rape.
During the hearing in Dungannon Crown Court on 3 September, the prosecution outlined the victim’s account.
A Tetum interpreter was present in court and stood beside Soares and Mariano translating the prosecution’s account.
The court heard that the victim had been on a night out in Dungannon on 9 September 2023.
She said she had been outside a fast food shop and was “quite drunk”.
She said she was approached by two males who appeared to be East Timorese.
Her next memory is then of both men walking either side of her down an alleyway which led into a car park.
The victim recalled she had difficulty standing and could not talk properly.
