“I would like to commend the survivor of this horrific case for her courage and support during the police investigation.
“The level of offending in this case is amongst the most serious imaginable and the rape investigation team were committed to quickly identifying and prosecuting those involved.
“The two defendants displayed significant predatory behaviour whilst within Cambridge City centre before locating the victim. The victim was vulnerable at the time of the offence and this vulnerability has been exploited by them.”
Det Insp Helen Tebbit said:
Two rapists who attacked a woman in a car then tried to hide the evidence by selling the vehicle just hours later. A 3rd man Florin Buti was sentenced April 2024 to 8 years 4 months for his involvement of the gang rape of a woman.
The 17 year old can now be named as Carlos Sali who is also a Romanian rapist with London heritage and aged19 in 2022 when he was sentenced to 7 years 11 months for his part in the gang rape.
Florin Sardaru, 25, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named because of his age, spotted the woman as she walked home in Cambridge city centre on 13 February 2022.
They had driven up from London and in the early hours of that morning saw their victim walking alone in Sidney Street.
After leading her into their car, they drove to a secluded location where they each raped her, before driving her back into the city.
When the woman contacted police, an investigation was launched.
Police found CCTV showing the predatory movements of the suspects prior to the offence and the moment where she was taken to the car and driven away.
The car was traced to an address in London where it had been sold within hours of the offence. The vehicle was seized, and forensic evidence was recovered which linked the pair to their crimes.
They were arrested on 4 March and gave “no comment” interviews.
They had initially pleaded not guilty but changed their pleas on the first day of their trial at Cambridge Crown Court in September. Probably when the mas of evidence was present to the court but up until then they tried to get away with it, they also refused to disclose information about the other Romanian rapists that was walking around London thinking he had got away with it but in 2024 this little turd Florin Buti floated to the surface and now sits in jail there was mention of a 4th man seen in the stolen car but as yet no news. There is no time limits for sex offenders once a victim reports it the hunt begins.
On Friday, Sardaru, of Shrubland Road in Hackney in London was sentenced to 12 years and four months in prison, and the 17-year-old was jailed for seven years and 11 months.
Both have been placed on the sex offenders register and recorded for life on the SO Registry, handed sexual harm prevention orders and indefinite restraining orders against the victim.
Det Insp Helen Tebbit said: “I would like to commend the survivor of this horrific case for her courage and support during the police investigation.
“The level of offending in this case is amongst the most serious imaginable and the [rape investigation team] were committed to quickly identifying and prosecuting those involved.
“The two defendants displayed significant predatory behaviour whilst within Cambridge City centre before locating the victim. The victim was vulnerable at the time of the offence and this vulnerability has been exploited by them.”
Pair who raped woman in Cambridge sold car hours after attacking her | ITV News Anglia
The one who thought he got away with rape.
Man jailed for Cambridge rape | Cambridgeshire Constabulary (cambs.police.uk)