Double conviction for multiple rapes

Two Mt Roskill men, 25 year-old Mohamed Bashir and 29 year-old Abdinor Abdi, were yesterday convicted in the Auckland High Court of rape and three counts of being party to rape.

Abdi was also convicted of abduction and threats to kill. Both were remanded in custody and will be sentenced in the High Court on November 22.

The prosecution followed an investigation by the Auckland City Police Adult Sexual Assault Team into a complaint from a victim who alleged she was abducted from the central city area and subjected to multiple rapes on June 4 and 5, 2011.