Telford girl rape/prostitution gang jailed

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Four men from Telford have been jailed for between four-and-a-half and eight years at Birmingham Crown Court for sexually abusing a vulnerable young girl who was “passed around like a piece of meat”.

More to follow. From the Mirror

Sentencing the men on Thursday, Judge Melbourne Inman QC said the men had abused a “helpless” victim, who had been groomed until she was “no longer in effective control of her own life”.

Addressing the ring-leader Mohammed Ali Sultan, he said: “The victim was clearly extremely frightened of you, and you exercised significant control over her.” Turning to the three other men, he said: “There were a group of you using this girl, you all tended to meet in the same type of areas; a churchyard, or near a pizza place.”

Jailing “controlling” and abusive Ali Sultan for eight years, the judge said: “When last at liberty, you clearly attacked a number of victims over a prolonged period. 

“Now the full extent of your offending is apparent, you’ve shown no remorse in relation to the present allegations and no insight as far as I can see into the offending. You remain, clearly, a very dangerous man.”

Imposing a two-year extended licence period, the judge added: “You will be eligible for release, after serving two-thirds of your sentence, but won’t be entitled to release until the Parole Board is satisfied you don’t represent a danger of the public.”

Co-defendant Mohammad Rizwan, 37, of Mafeking Road, Telford, was also convicted of two counts of indecent assault. He was handed a five-and-a-half year jail term. According to the Birmingham Mail this lunchtime “Rizwan …saved the girl’s phone number under the contact name “blowjob2”,

Shafiq Younas, 35, of Regent Street, Wellington, near Telford, who was convicted of indecently assaulting the victim in a churchyard, was jailed for four-and-a-half years.

Amjad Hussain, 38, of Acacia Drive, Leegomery, Telford, convicted of a single count of indecent assault on Tuesday, was also jailed for four-and-a-half years.

All the men must sign the sex offenders register, and both a sexual harm prevention order and restraining order were imposed on Ali Sultan.

A fifth man, Nazam Akhtar, 35, of Victoria Avenue, Wellington, was cleared of an allegation he raped the girl in the back of a car.