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Ria Pathak

Outrage as Video Shows Afghan Men Celebrating Escape From UK After Bristol Gang Rape

Mehrab Safi, Awal Ahmadzai and Salman Habibkheil were convicted of rape and grooming in Bristol. (Credit: Image via Avon and Somerset Police)

The Bristol gang rape case involving a 17-year-old minor girl is getting further heat and outrage after mobile phone footage of three Afghan nationals convicted for the crime went viral for laughing and celebrating while fleeing the UK in the back of a lorry.

The men — Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai, 19, and Salman Habibkheil, 19 — were later returned from France and found guilty at Bristol Crown Court. A fourth defendant, a 17-year-old boy, was also convicted.

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