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Charity says 'insufficient action' taken over Aylesbury abuse concerns

Concerns about one of two schoolgirls repeatedly abused by a gang of men in Aylesbury were raised several years before they were arrested, a children’s charity has said.

Barnados told the BBC they worked with the victims in 2008 and referred the case of one to appropriate agencies but 'insufficient action" was taken.

Six members of a child sex ring in Aylesbury were found guilty at the Old Bailey of their part in the horrifying abuse of two schoolgirls which went on for years on a massive scale

A total of 11 men went on trial for 51 offences between 2006 and 2012. Four defendants were cleared, while the jury could not decide on one of them.

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Six men found guilty of sexual abuse of schoolgirls

Clockwise from top left: Taimorr Khan, Vikram Singh, Mohammed Imran, Asif Hussain, Arshad Jani and Akbari Khan. Credit: Thames Valley Police

Six members of a child sex ring in Aylesbury have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of their part in the horrifying abuse of two schoolgirls which went on for years on a massive scale.

The convicted men were:

  • Vikram Singh, 45, of Cannock Road, Aylesbury - convicted of four counts of rape and administering a substance with intent
  • Asif Hussain, 33, of Hodge Lea, Milton Keynes - convicted of three counts of rape
  • Arshad Jani, 33, of Cousins Drive, Aylesbury - convicted of rape and conspiracy to rape
  • Mohammed Imran, 38, of Springcliffe Street, Bradford - convicted of three counts of rape, one count of conspiracy to rape and one count of child prostitution
  • Akbari Khan, 36, of Mandeville Road, Aylesbury - convicted of two counts of rape, administering a substance with intent and conspiracy to rape
  • Taimoor Khan, 29, of Highbridge Road, Aylesbury - convicted of one count of sexual activity with a child
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Charity says 'insufficient action' taken over Aylesbury abuse concerns

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