Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud one of the jailed Libyans who preyed on male victims in Cambridgeshire
Male rape victim was one of several sexually assaulted by Libyan soldiers Stationed at Cambridgeshire compound for infantry training
Five Libyans jailed in 2015 for the sex assaults
MoD confirmed on Monday that it was considering legal action from victims
Five Libyans jailed in 2015 for the sex assaults
MoD confirmed on Monday that it was considering legal action from victims
A
man raped by Libyan soldiers while they were stationed at a military
base in Cambridgeshire is suing Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The
MoD could be forced to pay compensation to several victims subjected
to sex offences at the hands of the soldiers while they were training
in the UK.
Five Libyans were jailed last year after a court heard they raped and sexually
Their arrests brought an end to a British Government promise to help war-torn Libya by training army cadets in the UK following the 2011 collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
The incidents prompted the MoD to send 300 soldiers back to their home country prematurely, ending an agreement to put 2,000 soldiers through basic infantry and junior command training in an attempt to help rebuild the troubled nation.
The MoD confirmed on Monday that it was considering legal claims from victims.
A spokeswoman said: 'We can confirm that compensation claims have been received by the department. As the claims are ongoing we are unable to comment further.' The first claimant is understood to be the male victim of Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23.
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Ibrahim Abugtila one of the five Libyans who were jailed last year after a court heard they raped and sexually assaulted victims in Cambridgeshire
They were both jailed for 12 years for rape after a court heard they acted like 'hunting dogs' as they raped the male victim in central Cambridge in October, 2014.
Mahmoud and Abugtila denied attacking the drunk man, who had been at a wedding, but were caught on CCTV leading him to the park after meeting him after a night out.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police: 'I cannot believe what I'm saying, they raped me. It was horrible, I feel horrible. Don't say anything to my mum.'
At least one further claim on the basis of negligence and breach of human rights has been submitted by one of four women assaulted on the same night in unrelated attacks.
Khaled El Azibi, 19, Naji El Maarfi, 21, and Mohammed Abdalsalam, 28, were jailed after admitting their parts in these attacks.
Five Libyans were jailed last year after a court heard they raped and sexually assaulted victims in Cambridgeshire after a collapse of discipline at Bassingbourn Barracks, shown, where they were based
The victims were all teenagers and the attacks included trying to kiss a woman without consent and then sexually assaulting her. El Maarfi exposed himself to one of the women.
The arrests coincided with other concerns over the conduct of Libyan cadets training at the base following a 'collapse of discipline'.
Despite assurances about tight controls, many of the cadets left the barracks unescorted during their stay.
A later investigation found evidence of heavy drinking and vandalism on the base.
This led to increased police patrols and 2 Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, being drafted in for extra security.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told Parliament there were 'things we could have done better' and he admitted regrets over the way it was handled.
Hywel Thomas, from Slater and Gordon, which represents the female victim, said: 'We will be arguing that the Ministry of Defence should have foreseen that harm was going to come to members of the local community as a result of the cadets escaping from Bassingbourn barracks. There had been problems a long time before these attacks took place.
'Our clients are claiming that the MoD was negligent and also will make a claim under the Human Rights Act that our clients suffered inhuman and degrading treatment as a result of the cadets being allowed to escape from the barracks.'
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Sign in Arabic on the fence at Bassingbourn Barracks, where Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were both based when they assaulted their male victim
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