A teenager has been jailed for raping a 19-year-old woman in a portable toilet on a seafront.
Mohammed Abdullah, 19, from the West Drayton area in Middlesex, was found guilty of raping and sexual assaulting the woman by penetration on Bournemouth seafront in the early hours of 6 July 2025.
He was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison and will also be placed on the sex offenders register for life.
Det Insp Shaun Inkpen, of Dorset Police’s Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Throughout our investigation and the subsequent criminal justice process she [the victim] has shown immense strength, courage and resilience.”
Speaking after Abdullah was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court, Inkpen acknowledged “the bravery of the young woman in coming forward and reporting such a horrific and terrifying sexual attack”.
He said her evidence played a “crucial role” in securing Abdullah’s conviction and subsequent custodial sentence.
Senior Prosecutor, Samantha Wright, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said Abdullah “exploited a young woman who was vulnerable and simply trying to get home safely”.
“Having gained her trust by offering her a lift, he subjected her to a terrifying sexual attack”.
“Violence against women and girls has no place in our communities,” she added.