Girl, 15, who could not swim, ‘dragged to sea despite desperate pleas and raped by man in front of holidaymakers’

A TEENAGE girl was dragged outside and raped in front of holidaymakers despite her desperate pleas, a court heard.

The 15-year-old was in the sea with her friends Bournemouth when she started playing with a ball with another group.

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After the ball was kicked away, Gabriel Marinoaica, 24, picked it up and started talking to the girl.

He then dragged the girl further into the sea, where she could not swim, and asked if she wanted to ‘smash’ – by which he meant sex.

Jurors heard she told him, “No, get off me,” but Marinoaica groped her and kissed her before biting her neck.

He then put his hands over the girl’s mouth so she could not scream and raped her, Bournemouth Crown Court was told.

Ellie Fargin, prosecuting, said: “He took her out of her depth, he made her vulnerable, she couldn’t even swim, he may not have known that, but he may have known she couldn’t touch bottom.

‘And why did he do that? So he could do what he wanted to do.

“She didn’t consent and we’re saying he knew that, he just didn’t care.”

The alleged horror unfolded on July 18, 2021, when thousands of vacationers packed the beach to enjoy the holidays weather.

The girl later told her family what had happened and they called Police.

Agents found a match for Marinoaica’s DNA on the alleged victim’s bikini and he was arrested approximately eleven months later.

He claimed she initiated sexual activity with him and asked him if he wanted to have sex.

Jurors heard he also told officers the girl “had her legs wrapped around his waist”.

Marinoaica denies rape and four cases of sexual abuse.

The process continues.