The widespread abuse of girls in several English towns and cities, including Rochdale, Rotherham and Oldham, which came to light more than a decade ago, has long been controversial. A series of court cases ultimately led to the sentencing of dozens of people, most of whom were of South Asian origin. The victims were vulnerable, mostly white girls. A series of official investigations into how police and social workers failed to stop the abuse found that in some cases officers turned a blind eye to avoid appearing racist.
according to BBC, It was revealed at a court hearing recently that eight alleged victims of the rape and sexual abuse of two 13-year-old girls in Rochdale “abused, humiliated and abandoned” them in “horrific” ways.
Eight men have been charged with 56 sexual offences, including grooming, sexually assaulting and raping two 13-year-old boys between 2001 and 2006.
Jurors at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court were told the girls were “shelved around for sex” under the leadership of the gang. Market trader Mohammad Zahid, The girls are known as “Bossmen”.
Mohammad Zahid, Kashir Bashir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Roheez Khan, Mohammad Shahzad, Nisar Hussain, Naheem Akram and Arfan Khan deny all the allegations against them.
The court was told they were forced to have sex “on dirty flats and stale mattresses” and sometimes in “cars, car parks, alleys or disused warehouses”.
“Girls were expected to have sex with these men and others, whenever and wherever the men wanted.”
(With inputs from AFP)
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