Two men have been found guilty of rape after a sobbing woman was attacked in Piccadilly Gardens. Brian Jalo, 25, Juan Quinones, 24, both raped the woman, who had travelled to the city with a friend for a weekend shopping trip.
Manchester Crown Court heard the woman was attacked in an alleyway near the Gardens. She had met Jalo and Quinones in the city centre the day before, and had exchanged Instagram details with Jalo.
The following day, the friends spent the afternoon shopping and drinking in the city centre. At about 8pm she made her way into Piccadilly Gardens alone after having an argument with her friend.
She later came to meet Jalo and Quinones. READ MORE: Met Office upgrades Storm Babet weather warning for Greater Manchester with urgent flooding alert READ MORE: Taxi driver 'does U-turn' on motorway slip road while rain pours on Manchester The men were captured on CCTV in the alleyway.
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