Men who raped girl, 14, have jail terms increased

Three men who raped a 14-year-old girl after she went missing from home have had their prison sentences increased.

Daryl German, 43, Jordan Doneley Wint, 31, and Deon Smith, 45, all from Lewisham in south-east London, were jailed at Woolwich Crown Court in April.

Attorney General Ellie Reeves referred the sentences to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.

On Thursday, judges added three years to German's term, two and a half years to Wint's and two years to Smith's.

German, who found the girl and took her to his flat, will now serve 18 years in prison with a further three years on extended licence, while Wint's sentence rises to eight years and six months and Smith's to nine years.

The court heard that over the following 48 hours German arranged for the teenager to be taken to other addresses, where she was raped.

When he realised from appeals on social media that she had been reported missing, he told her to phone her parents, say she was safe and get the appeals taken down.

Police later found the girl and arrested all three men, and officers discovered 14 indecent images of her on German's phone.

Reeves said: "This was an appalling series of rapes and sexual assaults, carried out by three men over several days on a vulnerable child who should have been kept safe and returned to her family.

"Such abuse against a child is abhorrent, and I welcome the Court of Appeal's decision to increase these sentences, ensuring all three men spend longer in prison."

German was convicted of three counts of rape, one count of arranging or facilitating travel with a view to exploitation and two counts of making indecent images of children.

Wint was convicted of rape and assault by penetration, and Smith was convicted of rape.

All three were placed on the sex offenders register for life when they were sentenced in April.

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