Four men involved in the gang rape of a terrified woman one of them met on Tinder will spend nearly 20 years behind bars between them for their crimes.
The assault took place in April 2022 in the bedroom of the woman, who cannot legally be named, after she agreed to meet Adam Ahamd Kabbout, 26, who she found on the dating app.
After letting Kabbout into her home and showering, she found three other men she didn’t know in her living room in Belmore, south-west Sydney.
Kabbout did not take part in the rape, but encouraged his friends Omar El-Sayed, 25, Mohammed Ali, 22, and Rami Katlan, 26, to do so.
As the others entered the room one by one, he gave directions to sexually assault the woman for a terrifying period of fifteen minutes.
At one point, Katlan used his cell phone to record a short video of Ali raping the victim.
“Okay, your loss,” Kabbout said before he and the others left the house after the woman said she didn’t want to continue.
The four men were sentenced at Downing Center District Court on Friday by Judge Leonie Flannery, who acknowledged the “devastating impact” the crimes had on the woman.
The assault took place in April 2022 in the bedroom of the woman, who cannot be legally named, after she agreed to meet Adam Ahamd Kabbout, 26, (pictured) who she found on the dating app
“She agreed because she was scared,” the judge said.
In a victim impact statement read to the judge in October, she described feeling constant mistrust, fear and bitterness, and her nights were haunted by flashbacks of the rape.
“I’m afraid of everything, I’m afraid of the world, I’m afraid of other people, I find danger in everything…no one understands what it really means to have all your power taken away from you,” she says. said.
In September, a jury found the four men guilty of various sex crimes.
As a facilitator, Kabbout was convicted in company of four charges of aggravated sexual assault.
Before a courtroom full of family members and other supporters of the four men, Judge Flannery said Kabbout’s offense was less serious than the others because he was not actually involved in the physical assault.
Kabbout did not take part in the rape, but encouraged his friends Omar El-Sayed, 25, Mohammed Ali, 22, and Rami Katlan, 26, (pictured) to do so
Omar El-Sayed (photo) was sentenced to a maximum prison term of five years and two months for two counts of sexual intercourse without consent
However, because he was found guilty of four counts, he was sentenced to a maximum of six years and six months in prison.
His non-parole period of three years and three months expired on July 23, 2023 and expires on October 22, 2026.
El-Sayed was sentenced to a maximum prison term of five years and two months for two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
His non-parole period of two years and seven months means he will be eligible for release from prison on April 2, 2027.
Ali was also convicted of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, but due to his mental immaturity he was only sentenced to four years and two months.
He was given a 25-month non-parole period, which expires on October 2, 2026.
Judge Flannery ruled that Kabbout, El-Sayed and Ali knew the victim did not consent.
She discovered that Katlan did not have this knowledge, but was reckless about whether the woman wanted to have sex with him or not.
Mohammed Ali (pictured) was also convicted of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, but due to his mental immaturity he was only sentenced to four years and two months
This saw him receive a maximum prison sentence of 30 months after being convicted of just one count of sexual intercourse without consent.
He will be eligible for parole after serving 15 months behind bars on March 1, 2027.
In sentencing the four men, Judge Flannery took into account their youth at the time of the assault, their mental distress while in custody and the lack of any previous criminal record.
All had good prospects for rehabilitation and a low risk of recidivism, she said.
Both Kabbout and El-Sayed maintain their innocence.
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