Both young girls, then aged 13, had troubled upbringings and were particularly vulnerable
Two teenage girls plied with alcohol, drugs and repeatedly raped by ‘group of men in Rochdale’
A group of men subjected two young girls to “appalling” sexual exploitation over the course of several years in Greater Manchester, which saw them plied with alcohol and drugs and repeatedly raped, a court has heard.
Both struggling with difficult upbringings, they were allegedly targeted by the group and became “beholden” to them, before being forced to carry out sex acts.
Jurors heard that the two girls had “deeply troubled home lives” and were known to the authorities, with poor school attendance and both regularly going missing from home.
As a result, the court was told the young teenagers, aged just 13 at the time, would often hang around with older Asian men at various parks, a snooker hall or at Rochdale market, where they first encountered one of the defendants, Mohammed Zahid, 64, who operated a stall.
Two teenage girls plied with alcohol, drugs and repeatedly raped by ‘group of men in Rochdale’