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| Oxford grooming gang: Eight man can be named | Oxford grooming gang: Eight man can be named |
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| The eighth member of a "cynical and predatory" grooming gang that sexually exploited girls in Oxford can be named after a court order was lifted. | |
| Haji Khan, 38, was among the group, which plied vulnerable teens with drugs and alcohol in order to abuse them. | Haji Khan, 38, was among the group, which plied vulnerable teens with drugs and alcohol in order to abuse them. |
| Last week the group was convicted of more than 20 offences, including rape and indecent assault. | Last week the group was convicted of more than 20 offences, including rape and indecent assault. |
| Judge Peter Ross lifted a reporting restriction banning Khan, of the Willows, Oxford, from being named. | Judge Peter Ross lifted a reporting restriction banning Khan, of the Willows, Oxford, from being named. |
| It can be reported that was found guilty of conspiracy to rape. | It can be reported that was found guilty of conspiracy to rape. |
| Prosecutor Oliver Saxby QC told a jury at Oxford Crown Court the gang offered their victims "company, attention, acceptance into the group" as well as "food, parties, alcohol, and sometimes drugs". | |
| He said the girls would be made to have sex at parties, in cars or parks, with other men around, and sometimes after being subjected to threats and violence. | He said the girls would be made to have sex at parties, in cars or parks, with other men around, and sometimes after being subjected to threats and violence. |
| The five victims were aged between 13 and 15 when the offences started. | The five victims were aged between 13 and 15 when the offences started. |
| Verdicts | Verdicts |
| Adrian Foster, chief crown prosecutor for the Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service, said the men had "failed to accept any responsibility for their actions". | Adrian Foster, chief crown prosecutor for the Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service, said the men had "failed to accept any responsibility for their actions". |
| He added: "The emotional impact on the victims and their family of the abhorrent actions of these men is impossible to quantify. | He added: "The emotional impact on the victims and their family of the abhorrent actions of these men is impossible to quantify. |
| "I urge any victims of sexual abuse to come forward and report it. We will support you in giving evidence so that your attackers can be brought to justice, and others like you can be saved from a similar horrific ordeal." | "I urge any victims of sexual abuse to come forward and report it. We will support you in giving evidence so that your attackers can be brought to justice, and others like you can be saved from a similar horrific ordeal." |
| Reporting restrictions previously prevented the case being reported, and one other man involved in the trial cannot be named for legal reasons. | Reporting restrictions previously prevented the case being reported, and one other man involved in the trial cannot be named for legal reasons. |
| The men will be sentenced in June. | The men will be sentenced in June. |