Hanna Llewellyn-Waters and Natalie Bird prosecute three dangerous defendants for multiple rapes of a child

Hanna Llewellyn-Waters led Natalie Bird in the prosecution of Ivan Turtak, Kevin Horvath and Ernest Gunar in a trial spanning 3 months at Canterbury Crown Court. The case involved extensive disclosure, careful handling of a highly vulnerable child witness with multiple legal arguments on the admissibility of evidence, bad character material and expert reports. A 12-year-old child was lured into a car before being driven to multiple locations. She was drugged, exploited and raped over the course of three days. Following the conviction of the defendants by a jury, they were sentenced to extended sentences: 20 years for both Turtak and Horvath and 22 years for Gunar.

The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/16/girl-raped-by-three-men-lured-into-car-kent/

The Sun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35492740/girl-raped-men-lured-asda/

The Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/trio-who-kidnapped-schoolgirl-12-35895014

The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15091353/Sentencing-slovakian-men-drugged-kidnapped-girl-asda.html

BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87y13qqypdo

Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/three-men-jailed-for-drugging-and-raping-12-year-old-girl-in-kent-13429380

ITV: https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2025-09-12/trio-who-drugged-and-raped-12-year-old-girl-in-caravan-jailed