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| Peterborough sex attacks: Three guilty of 14 rapes | Peterborough sex attacks: Three guilty of 14 rapes |
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| A man and two teenage boys have been found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults in Peterborough. | A man and two teenage boys have been found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults in Peterborough. |
| Zdeno Mirga, 18, and two boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of a total of 14 rapes and three counts of sexual assault. | Zdeno Mirga, 18, and two boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of a total of 14 rapes and three counts of sexual assault. |
| Two more men, Dusan Mirga, 20, and David Ziga, 19, and one teenage boy, were acquitted at the Old Bailey. | |
| A jury is considering 11 remaining charges against Zdeno Mirga, Hassan Abdulla, 33, and another boy. | |
| Judge John Bevan QC told them they could reach a verdict on those charges on which at least 10 of them agreed. | Judge John Bevan QC told them they could reach a verdict on those charges on which at least 10 of them agreed. |
| 'Power over her' | |
| One of the victims, a 13-year-old girl known as "Victim A", previously told the trial she was raped and made to have sex with several people. | |
| The court heard she has severe learning difficulties. | |
| She described Zdeno Mirga, known as "Skinny", as the gang's boss, prosecutor Angela Rafferty said. | |
| "He encouraged her, often very forcefully indeed," she said. | |
| "He did this using the power he had over her at the time, or threatened her and sometimes he used violence against her. | |
| "Skinny took her to parties where she was shared around sexually," Ms Rafferty added. | |
| The girl told police that Zdeno Mirga "shared" her because he wanted money to buy cannabis and vodka, the court heard. |