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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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IPCC investigation over Rotherham child sex abuse

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has 55 ongoing investigations into allegations about how South Yorkshire Police dealt with child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

In a statement to ITV News, the IPCC said:

Our investigative work examining allegations about how South Yorkshire Police responded to reported child sexual exploitation in Rotherham continues to expand.

The 55 investigations - 52 independent and three managed - cover a range of allegations from a failure to act on reported child sexual exploitation to corruption by police officers.

– IPCC statement

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