Two minors were forced to have sexual relations “with multiple men in the same day, on dirty floors and on stale mattresses.” That is what the jury said this Wednesday in the last hearing so far for sexual abuse in the United Kingdom.
Prosecutor Rossano Scamardella told a court in Manchester that the eight men tried they had abused two girls since the age of 13 in Rochdale, in the northeast of the country.
“They were often forced to have oral and vaginal sex with multiple men on the same day, all on dirty floors and on stale mattresses,” he added. «On other occasions, in cars, parking lots, alleys or abandoned warehouses. Wherever and whenever these men wanted.
One of the alleged victims was also “being abused by many other Asian men” who They were not on the benchthe prosecutor has indicated.
Over several decades, men of primarily South Asian origin are suspected of sexually abusing of thousands of girls in several English cities. The victims were mostly white, from working-class families, often from troubled homes.
The Prosecutor’s Office has expressed that the accused had taken advantage of the girls’ “problematic family life.” “I would start by making the girls feel like adults: giving them alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, places to stay and people to be with,” Scamardella said.
One defendant “gave them free underwear, money, alcohol and food and in return expected regular sex for himself and other Asian men in Rochdale,” he added.
The girls they felt trapped due to threats of blackmail and “fear of being exposed as promiscuous, feelings of shame and embarrassment”, the court heard.
The alleged sexual crimes, which are said to have been committed between 2001 and 2006include rape, indecent assault and indecency with minors. The defendants, whose ages are between 39 and 66 years oldThey deny the charges.
Both girls “were well known to social services and other agencies, and it was no secret that the two were having sexual relations with older Asian men,” prosecutors told the court on Wednesday. “Nothing was reported to the Police and nothing was done,” Scamardella stated.
One of the girls went missing on “countless occasions and Rochdale Children’s Social Services was contacted but they indicated that little or nothing could be done to help,” he added.
It was not until 2010, when an investigation into child sexual exploitation began in the Rochdale area, that he approached one of the girls. He initially refused to get involved, but contacted police in 2015.
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