Crowd gathers to watch 'sickening' beach rape

12 April 2015 - 12:44 By RDM News Wire

Police have found a video of an unconscious woman being gang raped on a Florida, US, beach in broad daylight. Hundreds of people are seen watching without attempting to intervene during the apparent attack on Panama City Beach, reports the UK's Daily Mail.The footage was found on a cellphone during an unconnected investigation into a shooting in Troy, Alabama.The Bay County sheriff's office in Florida and its Alabama counterpart worked together to identify two suspects and the alleged victim.The suspects, Troy University students Delone Martistee, 22, and Ryan Austin Calhoun, 23, have been suspended from the institution while they are detained for questioning.Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen branded the video as the "most disgusting, sickening thing". One man is heard in the clip saying, "She isn't going to know", before putting his hand inside her bikini bottoms, he said."This is happening in broad daylight with hundreds of people seeing and hearing what is happening, and they are more concerned about spilling their beer than somebody being raped," McKeithen said."This is such a traumatising event for this girl. No one should have to fear this would happen in Panama City Beach, but it does."The Panama City News Herald reported that the woman believes she was drugged before the attack. She said she was afraid to report the incident because she could not remember many details...

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