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Rotherham grooming gang are jailed for a total of 101 years after sexually assaulting young girls including victim who was 'passed around by 100 Asian men' by age of 16

• Gang exploited girls from troubled homes who 'wanted to be loved', court is told
• As with similar gangs, girls were given drink, drugs and 'passed round' the group
• Judge says gang carried out 'cynical manipulation and exploitation' of victims
• One vulnerable girl was raped by scores of men between the ages of 13 and 16

By RICHARD SPILLETT, CRIME CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:15 GMT, 16 November 2018 | UPDATED: 20:13 GMT, 16 November 2018

A gang of six men has been jailed for a total of 101 years after sexually exploiting five vulnerable teenage girls in Rotherham.

The men targeted girls who were 'easy to exploit because they wanted to be loved' - sexually abusing them in parks, abandoned buildings and secluded locations.

The offences were committed against five girls under 16 in the Rotherham area between 1998 and 2005.
Their abusers - all Asian men from Sheffield and Rotherham - were convicted of offences including rape and indecent assault.

Nabeel Kurshid and Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar (right) are among a sex gang from Rotherham jailed for a combined 101 years this afternoon


Asif Ali and Tanweer Ali (right) got terms of terms of 10 years and 14 years respectively


Iqlak Yousaf (left) got a 20-year jail term. Salah Ahmed El-Hakam (right) got 15 years

The girls said in statements how the men had 'destroyed' them and that their childhood had been taken from them.

One of the victims told a trial how she was made to have sex with 'at least 100 Asian men' by the time she was 16 and another described how she was gang-raped in a forest and threatened with being abandoned there.

At Sheffield Crown Court today, Judge Sarah Wright told the men: 'Each in your own way perpetrated, facilitated or encouraged the sexual abuse of these young girls.

'Each of the complainants in this case were groomed, coerced and intimidated. Each of them was groomed. Each of you, groomed.

'You can have been in no doubt that the complainants were vulnerable in the extreme.

'You were clearly not immature evidenced by the fact you all indulged in cynical manipulation and exploitation of your victims which showed a maturity well beyond your chronological age.'

She added: 'They continue to suffer considerable trauma and will continue to suffer throughout their lives as a result of your actions.'


The sex attacks took place in Rotherham, where investigations have found such abuse was rife

During the gang's trial, prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC told how the victims were 'local girls with unsettled home lives'.

She said: 'They were lured by the excitement of friendship of older Asian youths. They were given drugs and alcohol and passed on to other men for their own sexual gratification.

Girl tells of ordeal of having scores of men contacting her for sex

One victim told the court she suffered abuse between 1998 and 2001, starting when she was just 13 years old.

In a video interview, she said: 'I can honestly say that by the age of 16 I had slept with 100 Asian men - some I didn't see again.

'The ones who come and use you for one time are the ones who are hard to remember.

'As soon as you get to know them your number gets passed around.

'Asian lads demanding to meet you - then you meet a new group and it went on like that.

'I didn't know at the time I was being passed around when I was 13 but I know now I'm older.'

The court heard that five of the men, led by 'ringleader' Mohammed Imran Akhtar, were friends who were 'content to pass the girls around'.
As they were sentenced, prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC said the offences had a massive effect on victims' lives.

In victim impact statements read out by Miss Colbourne, the court heard how one of them - who was aged between 13-15 at the time - had been 'destroyed' by the abuse.

Another victim - who was gang-raped in a forest by defendants Nabeel Kurshid and Iqlak Yousaf along with a third man - said the defendants 'broke' her.

Ms Colborne described this as 'not a gentle act' but a 'planned group attack'.

The teenager was forced to terminate her unborn child after the rape and was left 'severely psychologically-damaged'.

She wrote: 'They made me think abusive behaviour was normal in any relationship.

'Due to them I was not able to recognise the abuse I suffered - I hope the sentencing reflects how much damage they have caused to my life.'

How a series of British towns and cities have been hit by revelations of Asian sex gangs in their midst

Rochdale - The trial of nine men for grooming young white girls for sex attracted widespread public outrage and sparked a national debate when they were convicted in 2012.

The gang received jail sentences of between four and 19 years for offences committed against five girls - aged between 13 and 15 - in and around Rochdale between 2008 and 2010.

The case returned to the public consciousness earlier this year when the BBC broadcast its Three Girls drama based on the experiences of some of the victims.

(Top row, left to right Tayab Dad, Nasar Dad, Basharat Dad. (Bottom row left to right Matloob Hussain, Mohammed Sadiq and Amjad Ali previously found to have groomed two girls and sexually abused in Rotherham


Newcastle - A total of 17 men and one woman were convicted of, or admitted, charges including rape, supplying drugs and inciting prostitution, in Newcastle last year.

Older men preyed on immature teenagers who were plied with cocaine, cannabis, alcohol or mephedrone (M-Cat), then raped or persuaded into having sexual activity at parties known as 'sessions'.

The case raised huge controversy after a convicted rapist was paid almost £10,000 of taxpayers' money to spy on parties where under-age girls were intoxicated and sexually abused.

Northumbria Police launched a major investigation after receiving information from social workers and initially spoke to 108 potential victims. Over the course of four trials, 20 young women gave evidence covering a period from 2011 to 2014.

Oxford - A group of men who abused teenage girls in a vehicle they called the 's**gwagon' were jailed for a total of nearly 90 years in June this year.

The men - aged 36 to 48 - befriended vulnerable girls as young as 13 before plying them drink and drugs at 'parties' in Oxford.
The eight men - branded 'predatory and cynical' by a judge - were jailed for between seven and a half and fifteen years each.

Bristol - Some 13 Somali men were jailed for more than a total of more than 100 years after they were convicted in 2014 of running an inner city sex ring.

Victims as young as 13 were preyed upon, sexually abused and trafficked across Bristol to be passed around the men's friends for money.

Aylesbury - Six men were jailed in 2015 for grooming vulnerable under-age white girls between 2006 and 2012.

The Old Bailey heard victims would be plied with alcohol and forced to perform sex acts for as little as 'the price of a McDonalds'.
Peterborough - A total of 10 men were convicted of child sex crimes in the town, including 'predatory' restaurant boss Mohammed Khubaib.

He was jailed for 13 years at the Old Bailey in 2015, after he was found guilty of forcing a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him and nine counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation, involving girls aged from 12 to 15, between 2010 and 2013.


20 men were jailed for a total of more than 250 years for abuse in Huddersfield

Telford - Earlier this year, Telford became the latest town to become the focus of the now sadly familiar stories of abuse.

A Sunday Mirror investigation concluded that around 1,000 children could have been sexually exploited in the Shropshire town over a 40-year period, leading to calls for a public inquiry.

Huddersfield - 20 sex abusers who targeted vulnerable girls as young as eleven in the Yorkshire town were jailed for a combined total of more than 220 years.

Leeds Crown Court heard evidence from 15 victims during the trials and the judge said he fears none of them will ever recover from their ordeals.

In victim statements the girls described coming into contact with the abusers after being bullied at school and said the relationship became 'one of those things that you couldn't get out of'.

Rotherham grooming gang are jailed for a total of 101 years - Daily Mail

THEY WOULD GET THE CHAIR NO 220 YEAR'S

These gangs are domestic and international terrorists.

There are millions of these sick vermin, execute them all at sunrise and cremate them!

We need to put a MAJOR dent in this problem and be rid of them all.

Originally Posted by southBronx

THEY WOULD GET THE CHAIR NO 220 YEAR'S

There is a lot of room in death row, this is where they should be.

No waiting on death "row". Put them on a conveyer belt and put them down! They are violent vermin harming innocent people.

The title is misleading, that is the total number of years of all the defendants combined. Each one got only a portion of the 101.