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| Eight men guilty of historic sexual abuse offenses in Rotherham | Eight men guilty of historic sexual abuse offenses in Rotherham |
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| Eight men have been convicted of sexually exploiting three teenage girls in Rotherham. | Eight men have been convicted of sexually exploiting three teenage girls in Rotherham. |
| A five-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men "sexualised" their victims and, in some instances, subjected them to acts of a "degrading and violent nature" between 1999 and 2003. | A five-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men "sexualised" their victims and, in some instances, subjected them to acts of a "degrading and violent nature" between 1999 and 2003. |
| The jury, after more than 17 hours of deliberation, found them guilty on Monday of all 19 charges including rape and false imprisonment. | The jury, after more than 17 hours of deliberation, found them guilty on Monday of all 19 charges including rape and false imprisonment. |
| One girl and her family told police, their MP and the then home secretary David Blunkett about the abuse and eventually moved to Spain to get away from the men. | One girl and her family told police, their MP and the then home secretary David Blunkett about the abuse and eventually moved to Spain to get away from the men. |
| Supposed ringleader Sageer Hussain, 30, of Clough Road, Rotherham, was convicted of four rapes and one indecent assault. | Supposed ringleader Sageer Hussain, 30, of Clough Road, Rotherham, was convicted of four rapes and one indecent assault. |
| The other seven defendents, other than Basharat Hussain, 40, from Goole, who was convicted of one indecent assault, are all from Rotherham. | The other seven defendents, other than Basharat Hussain, 40, from Goole, who was convicted of one indecent assault, are all from Rotherham. |
| Mohammed Whied, 32, of Psalters Lane, was found guilty of one count of aiding and abetting rape; Ishtiaq Khaliq, 33, of Cherry Brook, was found guilty of one rape and three indecent assaults; Waleed Ali, 34, of Canklow Road, was found guilty of one rape and one indecent assault; Asif Ali, 30, of Clough Road, was convicted on one rape; Masoued Malik, 32, of Bridgewater Way, was found guilty of one rape, one count of conspiracy to commit indecent assault and one of false imprisonment; and Naeem Rafiq, 33, of Clarendon Road, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit indecent assault and one of false imprisonment. | |
| Professor Alexis Jay's 2014 inquiry, commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council, found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual exploitation in the town between 1997 and 2013. | Professor Alexis Jay's 2014 inquiry, commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council, found at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual exploitation in the town between 1997 and 2013. |
| A gang of six were jailed for a combined 103 years in February for their parts in the rape and sexual exploitation of girls in Rotherham. | |
| The eight will be sentenced on Friday, 4 November. | The eight will be sentenced on Friday, 4 November. |