(Rotherham) Six men have received a collective jail sentence of 101 years for sexually exploiting five teenage girls. Sheffield crown court how the
group targeted the vulnerable schoolgirls, using drugs and alcohol to rape and
sexually assault their victims between 1998 and 2005. One girl was forced by
her parents to have an abortion when she was about 14 after being raped by a group
of men in a forest. Another said she had been exploited by “100 Pakistani men” by the age of 16.
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| Clockwise from top left: Iqlak Yousaf, Nabeel Kurshid, Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, Tanweer Ali, Salah Ahmed El-Hakam and Asif Al |
37 year old Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, the ringleader of the
group was found guilty of one count of rape, one count of aiding and abetting
rape, three counts of indecent assault, one count of procuring a girl under 21
to have unlawful sexual intercourse with another, and one count of sexual
assault. He was sentenced to 23 years in jail.
34 year old Iqlak Yousaf, was given 20 years for two counts
of rape and two counts of indecent assault.
35 year old Nabeel
Kurshid,was found guilty of two counts of rape and one count of indecent
assault. He was sentenced to 19 years.
37 year old Tanweer Ali, was given 14 years for two counts
of rape, two counts of indecent assault and one count of false imprisonment.
39 year old Salah Ahmed El-Hakam, was found guilty of one
count of rape, and sentenced to 15 years.
33 year old Asif Ali, was found guilty of two counts of
indecent assault and sentenced to 10 years. A seventh man, who cannot be named
for legal reasons, was convicted of two counts of rape and will be sentenced at
a later date.
