Asylum seeker accused of gang-raping woman claims 'rape is sex'

A failed asylum seeker accused of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious drunk woman told a jury 'rape is sex' as he was quizzed on his understanding of consent.Egyptian Karin Al-Danasurt said he filmed his two friends raping the woman, who cannot be named, on Brighton beach after his asylum application was rejected.He told Lewes Crown Court in Hove the 33-year-old victim was so drunk she was being held up by his co-accused as they took her behind a wooden beach hut in the early hours of October 4 last year.Hanna Llewellyn-Waters, prosecuting for the Crown, told a jury the three men treated the woman like meat and used her for their own entertainment.Al-Danasurt, who was 25 at the time, said he was filming to gather evidence for his own protection. He denies a charge of rape and of sharing intimate videos.