Three men have been found guilty of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl after luring her from an Asda car park.
Kevin Horvath, 26, and Ivan Turtak, 38, spotted her outside the supermarket in Dover on August 11 last year and encouraged her to get in their car.
She was then given drugs, including crystal meth and amphetamine, and passed between the two men and a third, Ernest Gunar, 27, who repeatedly raped her and subjected her to sexual acts.
They carried on with the abuse for three days, threatening to kill the girl if she tried to call for help or run away.
Prosecutor Hannah Llewellyn-Waters told jurors at Canterbury Crown Court the vulnerable youngster had been ‘used, abused and discarded like trash’.
She said: ‘She was passed around and treated effectively as a receptacle for their own sexual gratification, and the defendants’ conduct was callous, degrading, and it was entirely exploitative.’
Giving evidence, the girl said of the ordeal: ‘I didn’t want them to hurt me. They had suggested that if I were to try and get help they would hurt me.’
She managed to escape after waking up before them on August 13 and was able to flag down a passing police car.
Her phone had been taken from her and was later found in Horvath’s car.