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Sex ring gang jailed for 82 years for horrific abuse

Six men found guilty of the horrifying abuse of two schoolgirls in Aylesbury which went on for years on a massive scale will be sentenced today.

A total of 11 men went on trial for 51 offences between 2006 and 2012 including multiple rape of a child under 13, child prostitution and administering a substance to "stupefy" a girl in order to engage in sexual activity.

A jury took more than 42 hours to find six of them guilty of a range of offences against the girls, who spent days giving evidence and being cross-examined at the Old Bailey.

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Police admit making mistakes over sex exploitation

Supt Gill Wootton Senior Investigating Officer with Thames Valley Police has admitted that the force has got it wrong when dealing with child sexual exploitation.

She stressed that the force is now doing more to tackle cases like this.

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