Three men have been found guilty of raping a ‘vulnerable’ teenage girl in Banbury.
Damian Sidor, 28, of no fixed abode, Jaraslaw Szklarski, 56, of no fixed abode, and Patryk Kubacz, 30, of Edinburgh Way, Banbury, were all accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on April 13 this year.
It was heard in court that the offences took place opposite Banbury Railway Station in a white outbuilding.
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The men, all from Poland, denied the offences with the exception of Szklarski who pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault prior to the trial commencing.
On Tuesday (October 15), the men were all found guilty of rape.
Sidor was found guilty of one count of rape and not guilty of one count of sexual assault.
Kubacz was found guilty of four counts of rape, one count of non-fatal strangulation, and one count of possession of a bladed article.
He was found not guilty one count each of rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and threatening with a bladed article.
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Szklarski was found guilty of one count of rape and not guilty of one count of attempted rape.
All three men, who are currently remanded in custody, will be sentenced at the same court on a later date by Judge Hassan Khan.
There was no reaction from the defendants as the verdicts were read.
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