Child sex abusers sentenced
Nine men have been sentenced for sexually abusing underage girls near Rochdale. Liverpool Crown Court were told during the 10 week trial that these men groomed girls as young as 13 because they were vulnerable.
Illegal immigrant jailed for four years then will be deported
Illegal immigrant Hamid Safi, 22, of no fixed address, was jailed for four years for conspiracy and one year, concurrently, for trafficking.
He sneaked into the UK on a lorry in 2008 and claimed to have fled Afghanistan because his uncle was murdered by the Taliban.
He was released from a detention centre in Birmingham in March 2009 when he moved to Rochdale.
Safi will be deported back to Afghanistan following his sentence.
His barrister Stuart Duke told the court the offences were "not something he orchestrated or instigated".
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More grooming arrests likely, says police chief
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police says the force is continuing to investigate child grooming rings in the area.
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Judge rejects claim race played part in conviction
A judge has rejected claims that race played a part in the conviction of a gang of nine Asian men from Greater Manchester.
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Child sex grooming gang sentenced to total of 77 years
A gang of nine Asian men who groomed white girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs were driven by "lust and greed", a judge said today.