'You treated her like a piece of meat': Judge's fury as he jails trio of men who abducted girl, 13, and forced her to be their sex slave



Mohammed Sheikh, Hamza Ali and Suran Uddin convicted of trafficking and sex offences at Norwich Crown Court



Took vulnerable girl from streets of London to house in Ipswich, Suffolk,



Plied her with drugs and alcohol then repeatedly raped her for four days

Uddin jailed for 15 years, Sheikh for eight and Ali for five years today



Three men who abducted a vulnerable 13-year-old girl from the streets of London and forced her to become their sex slave have been jailed.

The girl, who was described as being from a broken and troubled family, was subjected to sexual abuse over four days after being persuaded to travel with the men to Ipswich in Suffolk in July last year.

Mohammed Sheikh, Hamza Ali and Suran Uddin were all convicted of trafficking and sex offences following a trial.

Jailed: Mohammed Sheikh, left, will serve eight years in prison while Hamza Ali, right, will serve five



Today at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Nicholas Coleman said the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had been left traumatised by the ordeal.

Sex offender: Suran Uddin was jailed for 15 years for the abduction and sexual assault of a vulnerable 13-year-old he found on the streets of London along with two other men

'Instead of helping this girl find refuge, you were all intent on sexually exploiting her for your own ends,' he added.

'She was taken to a town she'd never visited, a house she had never been to, in the company of men she had never met.

'All three of you treated her like a piece of meat and passed her about. This happened over four days until she was finally rescued by police.'

Uddin was jailed for 15 years, Sheikh will serve eight years and Ali five years.

All three were placed on the sex offenders register and Sheikh and Ali could face deportation to Somalia, their home country.

Jurors heard how the men took advantage of the girl's 'youth and naivety' to persuade her to get into a van, driven by Uddin.

They took her to a house in Chevallier Street, Ipswich.

Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones said: 'They plied her with drugs and alcohol and made promises that they would take care of her and give her anything she wanted.

'She was treated as little more than a skivvy and she was raped over the course of four days.'

Maria Denine, mitigating for Sheikh said the defendants had not been aware of her background or how vulnerable she was.

Mitigating for Uddin, Scott Ivill said his client was married with two children, aged eight and one, and any custodial sentence would cause his family to suffer.

Lindsay Cox, for Ali, said his client was also a married man.

Norwich Crown Court heard the men took the 13-year-old girl to a house on Chevallier Street, Ipswich (pictured)

Sentencing the trio at Norwich Crown Court today, a judge said they had treated the 13-year-old girl 'like a piece of meat'

He added: 'This girl looked appreciably older than her age and she had a history of engaging with strangers.'

Uddin, 26, of Bethnal Green, London; Sheikh, 32, of Hackney, London; and Ali, 39, of Waltham Forest, London, were all found guilty of conspiracy to traffic in the UK.

Uddin was also convicted of two counts of rape and supplying a class B drug to the victim.

Sheikh was convicted of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and supplying a class B drug.

Ali was found guilty of a sexual assault.