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| Oxford grooming sex case: Brothers jailed for life | |
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| Two pairs of brothers are among five men jailed for life for their part in a sadistic sex grooming ring which abused children from Oxford. | Two pairs of brothers are among five men jailed for life for their part in a sadistic sex grooming ring which abused children from Oxford. |
| Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford, will serve at least 20 years after being convicted of 18 offences including child rape and trafficking. | Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford, will serve at least 20 years after being convicted of 18 offences including child rape and trafficking. |
| Bassam Karrar, 34, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford, will serve at least 15 years. | Bassam Karrar, 34, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford, will serve at least 15 years. |
| Akhtar and Anjum Doghar were also jailed for life. | Akhtar and Anjum Doghar were also jailed for life. |
| Akhtar Doghar, 32, and Anjum Dogar, 31, of Tawney Street in Oxford, will each serve a minimum term of 17 years. | Akhtar Doghar, 32, and Anjum Dogar, 31, of Tawney Street in Oxford, will each serve a minimum term of 17 years. |
| The men were convicted of several counts of of rape, child prostitution and trafficking. | The men were convicted of several counts of of rape, child prostitution and trafficking. |
| Plied with alcohol | |
| Kamar Jamil, 27, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. | Kamar Jamil, 27, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. |
| Jamil, formerly of Aldrich Road, Oxford, was found guilty of five counts of rape, two counts of conspiracy to rape and one count of arranging child prostitution. | Jamil, formerly of Aldrich Road, Oxford, was found guilty of five counts of rape, two counts of conspiracy to rape and one count of arranging child prostitution. |
| Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashurst Way, Oxford, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 28, of Palmer Road, were both jailed for seven years after they were found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child. | Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashurst Way, Oxford, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 28, of Palmer Road, were both jailed for seven years after they were found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child. |
| At the men's trial the court was told how six girls were drugged and suffered sadistic abuse while aged between 11 and 15. | |
| The victims were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to perform sex acts. Some had also been beaten, burnt and threatened. | |
| Nine men had denied charges including rape, arranging child prostitution and trafficking between 2004 and 2012. | |
| Judge Peter Rook, sentencing at the Old Bailey, praised the courage of the six victims in coming forward, saying the men had blighted the victims' lives and robbed them of their adolescence. | |
| He said: "These six girls [the victims] have shown enormous courage in coming to the Old Bailey to give evidence, knowing they would be accused of lying, knowing they would have to relive their ordeals, knowing they have not been believed in the past." | |
| Judge Rook said he hoped the victims' courage will act as a deterrent to other men but also ensure the appropriate authorities will not fail in future to take action in the face of such activity. | |
| He told Jamil and the Dogar brothers, who were convicted of abusing girl one: "You took her soul. She felt as though it had been ripped out. You put her parents through years of sheer torture." |