ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE – Six men have been sentenced to a total of more than 81 years in prison for the sexual abuse of two young girls in Rotherham between 1999 and 2001. The victims were plied with alcohol and cannabis by the men.
Sheffield Crown Court heard that one of the girls was just 11 years old when the assaults began and was made pregnant at the age of 12. The second girl was 13.
During the sentencing, there were emotional scenes in the courtroom. Two of the defendants shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they were taken down to the cells. In response, one of the victims shouted from the public gallery, “justice is served.”
The defendants convicted last month after a trial were Matloob Hussain, Mohammed Sadiq, and brothers Basharat, Nasser, and Tayab Dad. A sixth man, Amjad Ali, had pleaded guilty in February.
Judge Sarah Wright condemned the men’s actions, highlighting the DNA evidence against Amjad Ali which showed “that it was 60 million times more likely that you were responsible for her pregnancy rather than an unknown male.”
In a powerful victim impact statement read to the court, one of the women described the lasting trauma of the abuse. “I was drawn into a world of fear, rape and horrific abuse, I lost my childhood at the hands of those men,” she said. “I feel my child was the product of pure evil.”
She described being shunned by her community and feeling “completely owned by these dirty old men who would do with me whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted.”
The individual sentences are as follows:
* Basharat Dad, 32, was jailed for 20 years for multiple counts of rape, indecent assault, and false imprisonment.
* Nasser Dad, 36, received a sentence of 14 years and six months for false imprisonment, rape, and inciting gross indecency with a child.
* Tayab Dad, 34, was jailed for 10 years for one count of rape.
* Mohammed Sadiq, 41, was sentenced to 13 years for sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
* Matloob Hussain, 42, was also sentenced to 13 years for sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
* Amjad Ali, 36, who pleaded guilty, was jailed for 11 years for sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
