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Four men and two women convicted over child sex grooming ring

Four men and two women have been convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of a range of offences involving the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham. Two other defendants were cleared of all charges.

Brothers Arshid and Basharat Hussain were found guilty of multiple rapes and indecent assaults of teenage girls as part of a child sex grooming gang in Rotherham following a trial.

A third brother, Bannaras Hussain, 36, admitted 10 charges including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at the beginning of the trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

Two women - Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40 - were found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment following the trial.

Qurban Ali, 53, was cleared of all the charges he faced except one of conspiracy to rape.

Brothers Majid Bostan, 37 and Sajid Bostan, 38, were cleared of all charges following the trial.

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Child sex grooming ring preyed on girls as young as 11

A child sex grooming ring in Rotherham led by three brothers preyed on girls as young as 11.

Arshid Hussain and his brothers Basharat Hussain and Bannaras Hussain were ringleaders of the gang, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

They were helped by their uncle Qurban Ali and two women Karen MacGregor and Shelley Davies.

The six will be sentenced on Friday for a range of offences involving the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in the South Yorkshire town.

ITV News Correspondent Damon Green reports:

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