A 43-year-old man has been told he faces an "inevitable, lengthy sentence" after being found guilty of raping two young women in his Belfast apartment.
Following a trial spanning over two weeks, a jury of five men and seven women found Orhan Kibar unanimously guilty on three counts of rape and a charge of false imprisonment.
Originally from Turkey, Kibar has been living in Northern Ireland since 2005 and raped the two friends in his Russell Court flat in the early hours of November 24 2017.
As the verdicts were passed at Belfast Crown Court, one of the victims' mothers raised her arms and said 'Yes', while Kibar's father wept on the other side of the public gallery.
The jury was shown CCTV evidence which showed Kibar meeting the women - who were 18 and 19 at the time - outside the Student Union at Queen's at around 1.30am and entering his apartment block on Claremont Street with them a short time later.
Once inside his flat, the 19-year old fell asleep.
The 18-year said she went to the bathroom but Kibar came in and grabbed her and sexually assaulted her.
She told police she was able to make her escape after biting him.
She left her coat and phone in the apartment but bumped into someone she knew on the street and police were called.
Inside the flat her friend said she woke to find Kibar on top of her, raping her.
She said told him she needed to go to the toilet and during a struggle there, he broke one of her fingers and raped her a second time before she too managed to escape.
As she was fleeing the apartment, she encountered police alerted by her friend.
Kibar claimed during the trial that they women wanted to come to his flat for a 'sex party' and that all sexual activity was not only consensual but instigated by them.
He denied hurting them and when asked about the bite to his hand, said this was down to "rough sex".
His version was rejected by the jury, and after the verdict was passed Crown prosecutor Charles MacCreanor asked that bail be revoked.
A defence lawyer said since being granted bail last January, Kibar has surrendered his passport, is tagged, and has not breached any of his conditions.
However, Judge Paul Ramsey said: "This is a serious case. There will be an inevitable, lengthy sentence. I will revoke bail and remand Mr Kibar in custody."
The case will be reviewed again next month, and Kibar is due to be sentenced in May.
