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British court convicts six men in Rotherham child sex abuse case
Six men were were jailed by a British court on Thursday for sexually abusing two minors who they drugged with alcohol and cannabis, BBC reported.
One of the minors was 11 years old when the assaults began. She became pregnant at age 12. The other girl was 13 years old at the time of the assault.
The crimes took place between 1999 and 2001 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
Read more: Report finds 1,400 children exploited in UK town
Judge Sarah Wright, commenting on a DNA analysis of defendant Amjad Ali, said the results showed he was "60 million times more likely responsible" for impregnating his 13-year-old victim rather than an "unknown male".
The judge told the defendent that she had "no hesitation" in concluding that Ali had sexual intercourse with the girl while she was heavily intoxicated, so much so "that she was unable to remember you".
In an impact statement read to the court, the victim said: "There's evil and truly evil people in the world. I feel my child was the product of pure evil. I was drawn into a world of fear, rape and horrific abuse, I lost my childhood at the hands of those men."
Two of the defendants shouted "Allahu Akbar" as they were escorted after sentencing.
One of the victims shouted back "justice is served" as police moved the convicts into the public gallery.
The sentences
Basharat Dad, 32, of Eldon Road, Rotherham - jailed for 20 years for six counts of rape, five counts of indecent assault, and one count of false imprisonment.
Nasser Dad, 36, of Cranworth Road, Rotherham - sentenced to 14 years and six months for one count of false imprisonment, one count of rape and one count of inciting gross indecency with a child. He was acquitted of one charge of rape and one charge of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
Tayab Dad, 34, of St Lawrence Road, Sheffield - jailed for 10 years for one count of rape.
Mohammed Sadiq, 41, of Oxley Grove, Rotherham - sentenced to 13 years for one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
Matloob Hussain, 42, of Doncaster Road, Rotherham - sentenced to 13 years for one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
Amjad Ali, 36, of Broad Lane, Hodthorpe, Worksop - jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
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Live in UK and act like living in stone age countries
What a way to bring that much popularity of ones' country. These people and like are disgrace not only for their family but for the whole community. I am so happy that they got what they deserve.
these guys must have been given harsher punishment.. what a shame...
These disgraceful men should be traced back to their original towns, villages and families to be exposed and shamed in their home. Same people think and behave differently. This could be a lesson to such families.
Justice is served from all angles. No mercy for such sort of heinous crimes
Prove of DNA evidence in vain these days. As practical evidence are quite different in some cases. Although i don't favour any culprits if proved guilty.
So the justice is best served!
These disgraceful people bring bad name to our country and moreover to their religion.
The are a disgrace to the human race, a source of shame to their families, their faith, their community and their erstwhile homeland.
Such a shameful act, by some members of the same family - who no doubt were married and probably had daughters of their own of the same age, or even older.
should be imprisoned for life in hard labour camp
shameful creatures, despicable and enemies of humanity...
Justice is done.
It was to tackle these problems, myself and a few other law abiding British Pakistanis living in the UK started a campaign called PAGAL - so that this kind of stuff never happens again to any girl.
Please do visit our website for more details. www.pagal.org.uk
And we couldn't even charge people in the Kasur Child abuse scandal! Such a shame!
Some how 10 years or 13 years imprisonment seems to good for these vile creatures..They deserve something much more harsher..I hope they rot in hell
Once these guys serve their sentences they should be deported to the countries they migrated from.
@DEV "countries they migrated from."
Look at them? Which country do you think they come from? Not countries! They are own kin and ilk.
Shame
Shame for humanity
look these faces of Pakistani decedents with Muslim names and read their crimes. Did west taught them these values? West is right to ban these people. Why we Pakistani always try to hide the facts?
They deserved even harsher punishment.
God bless the Justice System in UK.
God bless the Justice System in UK.
What happened to thousands of child abuse in kasur?
@Pakistan Zindabad what do you know about DNA testing and forensic sciences? If you are trying to make a comment in favor of these monsters, it least do not discredit science!
Why did it take so long for the verdict.....crime took place in 1999.
shameful beasts..
Justice is actually served. US/UK prisons are known to be very harsh for child abusers. Such prisoners are considered lowest of the low. Especially rest of the prisoners are given full pass to exploit them. All these will soon get the same treatment in their rears what they did to poor child!
Send them to Guantanamo bay for lifetime period
@Pakistan Zindabad I think you are referring to the statement by Maulana Shirani. What a shame we try to find justification to support even such criminals . What you know about DNA test?
good to see these sick people behind bars.
Finally justice has been done.
I am so Glad that they are convicted,
they should have been given life sentences...and no release..
These people should be behind the bar for ever and severe punishment should be served everyday.
These shameful people are giving chance to Trump immigration ban more boost.
These 6 do not represent the whole community. Remember there are a million pakistanis who are an epitome of a perfect citizen in UK. The Mayor of London is of Pakistani ancestory and he was elected by the London public.
These evil 6 got their Justice. In jail it will be worse for them.
Jugde did well to convinct
Their children will not want to admit who their condemned fathers are. They will probable change their names and move away from wherever they are living. The wives have nothing to say, but these men have damaged their children who will never forgive them. This investigation has been going on for sometime and it is the best ammunition the English Defense League ever had.
Sick people....
Jugde did well to convinct said accused persons and they are unable to live amöng us
@Pakistan Zindabad DNA matching has enabled the solving of many "cold case"crimes that have remained open on the books for many years, even decades. Some criminals have been caught because DNA found at a crime scene or on a body directed attention of police to a suspect that was a close relative of a person with DNA on record. It's very difficult for the defense to refute DNA evidence.
@asif ..... I can tell you his, not all of them will survive in prison. Prison may be a dead sentence for some of them. Child rapists are hated by the other inmates in prison. They may have to spend their lives in solitary confinement away from the general population. They hate rapists and child molesters in prison.
UK Home Office Minister Sarah Newton has called for tougher punishments in such cases, by making better use of trafficking and modern slavery legislation (Modern Slavery Act 2015) against the perpetrators.
@DEV Sadly we can't as most of these Animals have dual Nationality ! Furthermore they will fight the case on Human rights basis @ further cost to us poor Taxpayers , as most of them & their families will be living off the state ! Its a very sad state of affairs in UK @ present !
And then we complain that why US and Western countries do not want Pakistani citizens.
Why such a lenient sentence for such a heinous crime?
Took 17 years to serve justice. What a shame.
Now they will be the ones rot in prison . Justice served.
Sick ppl, disgraceful,
@Tanweer Khan , great start. Pl keep it up. Your actions are appreciated by all the girls in the world.
@Ahsan Gul did muslims teach them thease things?, do u even know what the punishments would have been to these lot under sharia law?.
@Mukul rcih coming from some1 in india.
Sick disgusting monsters. Shameless. They should be punished more. Surely they must be married and having children of their own! God save the children from such vile creatures.
@B.Patel. USA
Thanks - we set this campaign up in Sep 2014.
We are making slow progress. If we can just save one girl, it will have been worth all the effort.
The UK is filled with backward men like this whose parents migrated from Pakistan. They are a blight and shame on British Pakistani's who are contributing positively to society.
@Zak agree.one should not generalize.
@Ahmed Shaming does not bring retribution. Tormenting families does not serve any useful purpose either. Challenging misogynistic views in the safety of the home may help curb this kind of behavior.
This is how the justice is done. Again if Pak wants to join the comity of civilized nations then justice must be served under all circumstances and everyone i.e. Mullahs, Generals, Feudals, PM, Justices etc etc should all come under the purview of the law.
However, I will add here is that Pak is on the right track and now the need of the hour is to strengthen, implement and enforcement of laws and it will happen when people will elect leaders with no baggage. Remember a corrupt, criminal etc will never implement laws that he/she have to face tomorrow.
@Muzaffar Ali : So what is your point here, it is better late than never
Its not malala that brings shame to this country. Its men like these of Pakistani origin.
Wish they were given harsh punishments! life sentence in bad living conditions.. :@
@Mukul it is the act of few which brings bad name to the whole community. Majority will agree that every white person is not racist and every Hindu is not RSS follower!!
These monsters deserve to suffer. Young girls in Rotherham will be safe while these people are locked up.
Justice served
Crime happened in 1999 and justice is done in 2017 What a great justice system
Disgusting. Shame on these people.
Why hiding the facts of these guys origin and accept it first and then try to correct. Trump ban is because of these type of guys behavior
@Ouzzy - no Muslims did not teach them but the Muslim society they were raised definitely did. Culture in Pakistan and in our society is too soft for crimes like this. You are going to see rise in brutal crimes in rural and villages in Pakistan as the parliament just approved panchayat and jirga counsels. There rich and landlord will get away.
What a big shame.
Look at their faces they look like noble respectable people and look at their heinous behaviour. how would they felt if their sister or daughter was treated as they treated those vulnerable young girls. These kind of hypocrites give a bad name to our community and Islam. I would say luck them up and throw the key away. Rot in hell.
These sentences are too little seeing how these thugs enjoy the British social state and then misuse their girls, as a reward in turn. They have no place in a civilized society and I would suggest deporting them to the country of their ancestors after serving the full sentence, by stripping them of the British nationality,
We should have similar jail terms for people doing corruption in Pakistan.
How dare these criminals pronounce the name of Allmighty after being found guilty for one of the worst crimes! Unfortunately almost all of them would come free alive. For me, anything less than life long prison is the minimum punishment. After all the poor victims would suffer the rest of their lives. Besides that, who can be sure what they can do to innocent childern, when they come out.
Just thinking about how can they rape dont they have daughters and rape children thats insane and that they call themselvs muslims terrible
Ugly deeds...animals..should be punished to the max.
Shame on u all
I hope they throw the keys away and keep them locked for teh ret off theirr lives. What vermin these guys.
This is a sad day, not just for the country, but all humanity, how can grown men treat little bodies the way they did? I wish they would rot in jails for the rest of their lives.
@Ouzzy so you feel the west taught them this behavior? Really? Complete disregard for women's rights is not a western value
Very sad. These people should been punished harshly such as life in prision or death sentence. Rebuilding the life of the little girl will be a challenge for mama & dad.May God The Almighty give them the strenghth and courage to face the harsh reality which has been brought upon them by these animals.
They deserve to be in Pakistani Jail.
MashaAllah! This is how justice gets served!!!! I only hope and wish Pakistan courts could do the same...
By looking at the guise of some of these individuals, it is not difficult to assume that they are so-called "close to the religion". However, their deeds are nothing but evil.
Justice prevails. wheels of justice rind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine. all the convicted should have been hanged but UK has abolished capital punishment.
Minor girls lives ruined & the peroetrators get just a rap in their knuckles! Justice system punishes the victims again, for the second time.
These are the lowest form of human being.
These are our children. Its our pain. It's is pain they would carry and shame that we would carry. Sadly the exploitation is global. It's in all cultures, rich and poor, people of all different religions, culture and race. The question is what are we doing now to eliminate it? What will we do to eliminate it?
Unfortunately this is just a small sample as there were actually 100's of these cases and number of victims in the 1000's. And it was a big failure in part of U.K justice system, but finally good to see them being convicted.
Sad for the victims. Even though they were children themselves, some of them ended up having children of their own. Too tragic.