Rotherham child sex abuse: Six Muslims convicted

Abid Saddiq, Sharaz Hussain, Aftab Hussain and Masaued Malik were all convicted

BCF : Six men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences relating to the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham more than a decade ago.

Sheffield Crown Court heard the men abused their victims between 1998 and 2002. Abid Saddiq, 38, was convicted of two counts of rape, five of indecent assault, and two of child abduction. Sharaz Hussain, 35, Masaued Malik, 35, and Aftab Hussain, 40, were convicted of indecent assault.

Two other defendants who cannot be named for legal reasons were convicted of rape and indecent assault. During the five-week trial, the jury heard how the girls were targeted due to their vulnerability and were given alcohol and drugs before some were raped by multiple men.

Violence was sometimes used to ensure they complied, the court heard. Jurors also heard Saddiq raped a girl in an alleyway when she was aged 14 or 15, then taunted her mother. The father-of-four admitted having sex with some of the complainants, but claimed they were over age at the time and consented.

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