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A month-long trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men "sexualised" their victims and, in some instances, subjected them to acts of a "degrading and violent nature". One girl and her family told police, their MP and the then home secretary David Blunkett about the abuse and eventually moved to Spain to get away from the men. The court heard that this victim had gone to the police in 2003, saying that she had been repeatedly raped by Sageer Hussain when she was 13.

GETTY Eight Asian men have been given jail sentences for up to 19 years for Rotherham child abuse

SWNS Masoued Malik and Sageer Hussain

Judge Sarah Wright, who jailed Hussain for 19 years, said he had conducted a "campaign of violent rape" against the vulnerable 13-year-old. Hussain's brothers, Arshid, Basharat and Bannaras, were jailed in April following the first successful prosecution of a grooming gang in Rotherham since the child sexual exploitation scandal engulfed the South Yorkshire town two years ago. Michelle Colborne QC, prosecuting, told the jury the girl, now in her late 20s, and her family withdrew the allegations due to threats. But the court was also told that police lost the girl's clothes without carrying out any forensic analysis. The family tried to get help from social services as well and took the girl out of school before eventually moving abroad. Miss Colborne said the court case was about three victims "who were sexualised and, in some instances, subjected to acts of a degrading and violent nature at the hands of these men".

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She said Hussain played a "key role" and was "instrumental in befriending young girls who were flattered that he and his friends spent time with them". They were then exploited by Hussain, his friends and associates. Hussain, 30, of Clough Road, Rotherham, was convicted of four rapes and one indecent assault. Mohammed Whied, 32, of Psalters Lane, Rotherham, was found guilty of one count of aiding and abetting rape.

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Ishtiaq Khaliq, 33, of Cherry Brook, Rotherham, was found guilty of one rape and three indecent assaults. Waleed Ali, 34, of Canklow Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of one rape and one indecent assault. Asif Ali, 30, of Clough Road, Rotherham, was convicted of one rape. Masoued Malik, 32, of Bridgewater Way, Rotherham, was found guilty of one rape, one count of conspiracy to commit indecent assault and one of false imprisonment.

SWNS • PA Mohammed Whied and Asif Ali