A Battersea resident has been found guilty of rape and for kidnapping two women he and a friend targeted in a nearby nightclub.

Dhari Alshammari, of Hester Road, and Badr Alhadidi, of Talbot Street, Birmingham, were described by Detective Constable Tony Larkin as "two predators who set out that night with only one sinister intention in mind."

The two women were on the dancefloor at a nightclub along Albert Embankment on Saturday, July 16, 2022, when they were selected by the men who "had a clear plan of how they were going to target the victim-survivors," said DC Larkin.

Alshammari, 27, and Alhadidi, 39, are seen on CCTV footage from the club first approaching the victims on the dancefloor. Alshammari is seen to pour vodka into some glasses while Alhadidi waits for the women outside the toilets.

Outside the club at around 6am Alshammari and Alhadidi force the women into a car, manhandling them and having to support them to stand where they were incapacitated.

They drove the women to an address at Beauchamp Mansions, Kensington, where further CCTV footage showed Alshammari drag one of the women along the pavement.

Both were forced through a doorway where they collapsed. Inside the property, Alshammari raped one of the women.

DC Larkin described the footage as "harrowing and showed real violence and monstrous treatment of the victim-survivors".

After the rape, Alshammari went to a nearby McDonald's to order food before returning to his home address in Battersea,

Later that morning, Alhadidi drove the women to a petrol station in a different area of London where he dumped them. In CCTV footage the women were seen falling into traffic, still incapacitated on their walk home. 

One of the women reported to police they had been on a night out and couldn't remember a portion of the evening. She stated she remembered being pinned down in a car and sexually assaulted in a room.

Shown the CCTV footage in police interviews after their arrests on July 18, Alshammari and Alhadidi both laughed and said the women were sober and consented.

Alshammari was charged on 27 July 2022 with kidnap and one count of rape.

On the same day Alhadidi was charged with kidnap, three counts of rape and sexual assault by penetration.

They will be sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on 26 May.

Detective Constable Tony Larkin, who led the investigation, said: "They had a clear plan of how they were going to target the victim-survivors and thought they could get away with it.

"They've shown no remorse and have no idea how much harm and distress they have caused.

"The CCTV footage reviewed as part of our investigation was harrowing and showed real violence and monstrous treatment of the victim-survivors.

"I would like to thank the victim-survivors in coming forward and reporting this to police, they have been extremely brave.

"No matter when someone choses to report a rape or sexual assault, detectives will always listen to and support you."