Hassan Bockerie and Iyoseph Derry were sentenced to almost 20 years in prison collectively after taking advantage of a woman in her 20s who had been enjoying a night out. The woman had been drinking at a works Christmas party in December, 2018, and visited a nightclub later that evening, where Bockerie and Derry were working as doormen. The pair targeted the woman, who was with another woman, after seeing her intoxicated and bought her more drinks before offering to take both women home just after 4am the following morning. Being bouncers, the women trusted them to get them back safely. They dropped one of the women home, but then instead of taking the other woman back home safely they drove her to a flat in Birmingham and raped her. Both men denied the allegations, however, after three years of investigative work, officers from our Public Protection Unit were able to prove their actions and how they abused their position of trust. Bockarie initially denied any knowledge of the women, however intelligence checks and forensic work, including DNA evidence linking him to the crime, later saw him change his account. Bockarie 34, of High Street, Erdington, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday. Iyoseph Derry, 33, of no fixed address, was also found guilty of rape following a trial, as well as aiding and abetting rape, and jailed for 10 years.
