A sick British sex ring that preyed on underage girls by plying them with drugs and booze was ratted out by a snitch who was a convicted rapist.

The slew of sexual offences in Newcastle is just the latest scandal to hit the country where authorities have reportedly turned a blind eye because of the accused men’s Islamic faith.

It’s believed the grooming gang had at least 268 victims.

One of the men involved in the sex party ring made clear his disturbing views.

“All white girls women are good for one thing, for men like me to f--- and use as trash,” Badrul Hussain told a subway ticket taker.

The 37-year-old was convicted of supplying drugs for the pedophile parties.

One 13-year-old girl told the court she was gang-raped by the men “like it was a relay race.”

The girl would be picked up from a group home, then drugged and raped.

Earlier in the explosive trial, it was revealed that cops paid an informant $15,000 to spy on the sex parties.

The unidentified stool pigeon had racked up more than 50 convictions for rape and sexual assault — including drugging and raping a young girl, then offering her to a friend.

But the relationship between the rapist and his police handler was icy and the informant later said cops asked him to take vulnerable girls to the sex parties. Cops denied it.

Seventeen men and one woman have been convicted in the sordid case.

Cops defended bringing the pervert stool pigeon into the loop.

“It is clear that his relationships with others have allowed the police to prevent and detect some of the most serious crimes occurring in our communities,” Chief Const. Steve Ashman said.

Older British-born Muslims would prey on the girls, inviting them to “sessions” and plying their victims with cocaine, reefer, booze and the stimulant mephedrone.

For four long years, they preyed on weak, vulnerable and frightened girls — until two of their victims went to cops.

“Many of us will never understand the traumatic experience these girls have endured,” Ashman said. “They have trusted us and we must not let them down.”

The cop was quick to shoot down any suggestion it took so long to smash the ring because of “political correctness.”

Other British towns have endured their own harrowing sex gangs:

Rotherham: Five Asian men were jailed for sex offences with underage girls. An inquiry revealed more than 1,400 victims in a 16-year period.

Rochdale: Cops and social workers turned a blind eye because of political correctness to the ring’s outrageous antics.

Bristol: Thirteen Somali men were jailed for more than 100 years for running a grooming sex ring featuring victims as young as 13.