Man jailed for raping woman in four-hour ordeal
El Fadaidill Ibrahim was jailed for 13 years and must appear on the sex offenders register for life
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A man who raped a sex worker while keeping her prisoner in a flat has been jailed for 13 years.
El Fadaidill Ibrahim and Mohammed Abou-Gardda persuaded the victim to visit Abou-Gardda's flat in Bradford before subjecting her to a four-hour ordeal in March 2023, Bradford Crown Court heard.
Ibrahim, 29, of Queens Road in Halifax, was jailed after he was convicted of rape, false imprisonment, intentional strangulation and sexual assault.
Abou-Gardda, 30, of Pemberton Drive in Bradford, was jailed for five-and-a-half years after he admitted false imprisonment, sexual assault and common assault part-way through a previous trial.
Ibrahim must register as a sex offender for life, and Abou-Gardda for seven years.
The court heard Ibrahim and Abou-Gardda told the sex worker she would not have to "do anything" and gave her money to buy drugs.
She tried to leave after the pair, who were drinking alcohol, touched her but Ibrahim started to strangle her.
“She could not breathe and thought she was going to die,” prosecutor Phillip Standfast said.
The woman was then slapped, threatened and raped by Ibrahim.
'Satisfy lust'
Sentencing the pair, Judge Ahmed Nadim said: "Each of you must understand that in a civilised society everyone has the right to decide whether sexual conduct is engaged in or not.
“You took away that right and imposed yourselves upon her in a violent and callous way.
"Neither of you cared about the damage you were doing to your victim... your priority was to satisfy your lust."
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