Friday, January 27, 2017

UK: Facebook rape gang jailed for 42 YEARS

(Coventry) A gang which groomed teenage girls on Facebook before raping them in attacks have been jailed.

(clockwise from top left) Kenan Kelly, Waqaar Khan, Kadeem Bourne, Marcus Woolcock and Zahid Chouhary
The five men - who are all from the city - plied their victims with alcohol and drugs before the attacks in 2015 and 2016. Yesterday they were found guilty of a total of 18 offences just before Christmas, including rape, sexual assault and human trafficking following a six-week trial.

Waqaar Khan, Marcus Woolcock, Kadeem Bourne, Keenan Kelly and Zahid Chaudhary were jailed for a total of 42 years. Khan was received 14-and-a-half years , Bourne 13-and-a-half years. Kelly was given a sentence of 10 years, with Woolcock and Chaudhary given two-and-a-half years and 18 months respectively.