Asylum seeker found not guilty of rape of woman outside court building in Portsmouth
The jury cleared him of all charges
An asylum seeker has been found not guilty of the rape of a woman and a charge of voyeurism in Portsmouth.
Mubarak Ibrehim, who is living at the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, was on trial at Portsmouth Crown Court accused in connection with the incident on June 11 2025 which happened at the rear of the building where the case was being held.
The prosecution said the complainant had accused the 25-year-old of raping her and filming the incident on his mobile phone.
But the defendant maintained the sex was consensual and the complainant had "led" him to the vehicle entry bay of the court building where they had sexual intercourse.
Mr Ibrehim said: "She took my hand and pulled me there, she led me."
He continued: "I was asking 'Where are we going?' When we approached the corner she was pulling me, I found it strange and thinking 'Where is she taking me?'"
Mr Ibrehim denied forcing himself on the complainant and added: "She consented and she was taking my clothes off."
He added that he messaged her the next day with his mobile phone and said that he would not have done so if he believed something had been wrong about the previous night.
Mr Ibrehim told the jury that he was from Darfur in Sudan and said: "Since I was born, there was war in my country."
He said he arrived in the UK unlawfully on a small inflatable boat from France in October 2023 and he was seeking political asylum.