A 46-year-old convicted drug dealer, Florin Cotoi, has been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison after being found guilty of raping a 27-year-old woman in an alleyway in Crawley. Cotoi, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on 29 March 2023.
The incident occurred in the early hours of 1 September 2022, when the victim approached Cotoi for a cigarette in Memorial Gardens. He led her into an alleyway on Three Bridges Road, where the rape took place. The victim managed to return to the town center and reported the incident to the police.
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