Court hears teenager raped woman in toilet on Bournemouth seafront
It's alleged to have happened in July 2025
A teenager from Syria raped a young woman in a portable toilet on Bournemouth seafront, after he offered to give her a ride home on his e-bike, a court has heard.
Mohammed Abdullah, 19, is on trial at Bournemouth Crown Court accused of the rape and assault by penetration of the complainant, in the early hours of July 6 2025.
Mark Eldridge, prosecuting, told the court that the complainant had been out with a friend that night, first in Charminster then Bar So in Bournemouth.
He said that she had a “fair amount of drink” and was asked to leave the bar, which she did, before she and her friend headed off in different directions.
The prosecutor said that the complainant then had problems organising a taxi home because her phone battery had run out, and she started walking along the seafront towards Boscombe Pier.
He said that she then came across the defendant and a group of about five other men who she asked for help getting directions on their phones.
One of the men told her the defendant would give her a lift home on his e-bike and she took him up on the offer, Mr Eldridge said.
The defendant, who was 18 at the time, then rode with her towards a set of portable toilets.
The prosecutor said that a couple walking along the seafront saw the defendant riding up with the complainant behind him with her arms around his waist.
They then saw the defendant carrying the woman in front of him with her legs around his waist, Mr Eldridge said.
He said that one of the witnesses called out to the defendant “What are you doing with her, I hope you are not going to do anything with her”, before he walked out of sight.
Mr Eldridge said that Abdullah then sexually assaulted the complainant, before taking her inside one of the portable toilets where he locked the door before raping her, the court heard.
Mr Eldridge said: “She was wriggling and trying to fight and then thought if she let it happen it would be quicker.”
He added: “The defendant kissed her aggressively and she pulled away but somehow got a burst lip.”
He said that afterwards the defendant rode off while the complainant “took her shoes off in order to run”.
She then sought help from passers-by, asking to use their phones to call her mother, who she told she had been raped, before she called the police.
Mr Eldridge said that one man who helped her described her as “appearing distressed”.
The complainant later told police: “I remember being pinned by my back to the Portaloo, I remember my leg being lifted up, his hand then went up my skirt.
“I thought if I let if happen it would be quicker so I tried to fight a little but I just thought I will let him.
“I remember being dragged into the portable loo at this point, the door being shut and locked, I remember being forced over.”
She added: “The next thing I knew he was gone. I exited the toilet, I took my shoes off so I could run. I saw him riding back to his friends.”
Mr Eldridge said that the defendant, from West Drayton, Middlesex, was arrested and told police in interview that the complainant had consented to both the sexual contact and to sex.
The defendant, who arrived in the UK from Syria in 2023 and given permanent leave to remain under a family reunion scheme, was assisted during the hearing by an Arabic interpreter.
He denies the charges and the trial continues.