Seven jailed for child abuse in Rotherham

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Seven jailed for child ****** in Rotherham

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From top left: Abid Saddiq, Mohammed Amar, Mohammed Siyab, Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, Ramin Bari, Tahir Yassin and Yasser Ajaibe

Seven men convicted under the ***’s biggest investigation into child ****** have been jailed for assaulting two vulnerable ****** in Rotherham.

Mohammed Amar, 43, Mohammed Siyab, 44, Yasser Ajaibe, 39, Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, 50, Abid Saddiq, 43, Tahir Yasin, 38, and Ramin Bari, 38, were jailed at Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday and Friday.

The National ****** Agency (NCA) said the victims were aged 11 and 15 when the offending began and both had spent time in the care system during the offending *******.

The case was part of Operation Stovewood, set up after the Jay Report found at least 1,400 ****** were abused, trafficked and groomed by gangs of men in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.

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CPS solicitor Zoe Becker said the men had “deliberately preyed on two young ****** they knew were vulnerable and, using drugs and alcohol, exploited them for their own ******* gratification”.

The offences were committed between April 2003 and April 2008.

The trial heard the defendants had regularly picked up the victims – often from the children’s homes where they lived – in their cars and gave them cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis and money.

The ****** would then be assaulted, forced to perform ******* acts or ******.

‘Cruel and manipulative’

“The cruelty and ****** the victims suffered at the hands of these defendants was horrific and has continued to have a lasting impact on their lives today,” said Ms Becker.

Stuart Cobb, senior investigating officer at the NCA, said: “These men were cruel and manipulative, grooming their victims and then exploiting them by subjecting them to the most harrowing ****** possible.

“They were responsible for some of the worst offending we have investigated under Operation Stovewood.”

All seven men lived in or around Rotherham at the time of the ******.

Amar, Ajaibe, Sadiq and Sayib abused one victim, while Yassin and Bari targeted the other.

Saddiq, who was already serving a 20-year prison sentence for ******* offences prior to this hearing, abused both ******.

The court heard how the attacks took place at locations around Rotherham, including a park, in a car in a supermarket car park, in a ********* and behind a children’s nursery.

Mr Cobb added: “What happened to them can never be undone, but I hope the sentences handed down here will at least give them a sense that their abusers have been held to account and justice has been done.

“We and our partners will continue to do all we can to support them going forward.”

Amar, of Elizabeth Way, Rotherham, was found guilty of two counts of indecent ******** on a girl aged 11 and sentenced to 14 years in prison, plus two years on licence. He was found not guilty of one count of indecent ********.Ajaibe, of Walter Street, Rotherham, was found guilty of indecent ******** of a girl aged 11 and jailed for six years, with one year to be served on licence.Sadiq, of Richard Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of unlawful ******* ************ with a girl under the age of 13 and *****. He was jailed for 15 years and given one year on licence.Siyab, of Stevenson Drive, Rotherham, was found guilty of unlawful ******* ************ with a girl aged under 13 and two counts of *****. He was also found guilty of trafficking within the *** for ******* exploitation. He was jailed for a total of 24 years with one year to be served on extended licence.Saddiq, formerly of Rotherham, was found guilty of indecent ******** of a girl aged 12, ***** of a girl under the age of 13 and two further counts of *****. He was jailed for a total of 24 years with one year to be served on extended licence.Yasin, of Burngreave Street, Sheffield, was found guilty of eight counts of ***** and jailed for 13 years.Bari, of Batemoor Road, Sheffield, was found guilty of four counts of ***** and jailed for nine years.

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