Three Slovakian men who drugged and constantly raped a 12-year-old girl over three days have been jailed for a total of 53 years.
Port worker in Dover, Kevin Horvath, 26, his cousin Ernest Gunar, 27, and Ivan Turtak, 38, passed the young girl among themselves in a “campaign of rape”.
The predators drugged the innocent youth with crystal meth, amphetamine, and cannabis, leaving her wanting to die.
Canterbury Crown Court sentenced Gunar to 19 years, while Horvath and Turtak were sentenced to 17 years.
All three will serve a minimum of two-thirds of their tariffs and were given three-year extended licence periods.
The court heard that the men would be subject to sexual offenders’ orders and pose a threat to children.
Horvath and Turtak have both signed paperwork for deportation.
Before the men were sentenced, an impact statement from the girl was read to the court in which she laid out the horrendous effect the incident had on her.
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Ivan Turtak has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars
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The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: “I keep having nightmares about what they did to me…about seeing them again.
“They seem so real, and I don’t want to go back to sleep.
“I don’t feel the same girl anymore. I just want to be her again. I hope I will be her again.”
The predators tried to blame the victim for “driving the sexual activity” with Turtak claiming the girl asked him to take a photo of her naked.
Kevin Horvath laughed during the court hearings
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Horvath and Gunar laughed as the horrifying details were given as evidence of their offence.
Prosecutor Hannah Llewellyn-Waters told the court: “Ultimately, they sought to lay much of the blame for their actions as grown men on a 12-year-old child they all raped.”
She added the defendants’ contempt for the girl was “enduring and palpable”.
The vulnerable girl was lured by Horvath and Turktak into their Skoda in an Asda supermarket car park in Dover, Kent, on August 11, 2024.
The girl was taken to Ernest Gunar’s caravan
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She had walked out of her home following a row with her grandfather, with no money, while wearing a summer top and leggings.
The men offered her a cigarette and a chance to charge her mobile phone.
CCTV footage showed the girl begging to be released from the car, as the men locked the car doors and drove to Turtak’s flat.
She was given crystal meth and forced to commit a sex act on Turtak before taking a “trophy” photo of her naked in a shower.
The vulnerable girl was then driven to Gunar’s caravan in Folkestone, where the pair repeatedly raped her.
Prosecutor Ms Llewellyn-Waters said: “These defendants were all compliant in drugging, degrading and systematically exploiting the victim for their own sexual gratification.”