Two young girls, aged only 13, found themselves trapped in a terrible pattern of abuse and misuse after a group of eight men, subjected the susceptible teens to brutal acts of sexual assault.
The attorney, Rossano Scamardella, described how the women were forced into sexual acts with numerous men on the same day, usually in dirty and unhygienic conditions as he addressed the jury in Manchester. Filthy cottages and sour pillows became the scenery for their repeated transgressions.
But the mistreatment didn’t quit it. The ladies were likewise coerced into having sex in cars, maze, and abandoned warehouses – wherever these males demanded. They were treated as mere items, passed around for the enjoyment of their perpetrators, next blithely discarded.
According to an AFP record, One of the alleged patients faced abuse from even more people of Asian descent beyond those on trial. Scamardella said that these were babies, robbed of their ignorance and integrity.
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Over decades, men of predominantly South Asian origin in various English towns are suspected of sexually abusing thousands of mostly white girls from working-class families, many from troubled homes.
In this case, the prosecution argued that the defendants exploited the girls ‘ difficult home lives, luring them with promises of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, shelter, and companionship. One defendant allegedly offered free underwear, money, alcohol, and food in exchange for regular sex with him and other Asian men from Rochdale.
The girls felt trapped, paralyzed by threats of blackmail and the fear of being labeled promiscuous, consumed by shame and embarrassment. The alleged offenses, spanning from 2001 to 2006, included rape, indecent assault, and indecency with a child. The defendants, aged 39 to 66, denied all charges.
One girl went missing countless times, prompting contact with Rochdale Child Social Services, but they viewed the situation as hopeless. It wasn’t until 2010, when an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale began, that one of the girls was approached. Initially reluctant, she eventually contacted the police in 2015, setting the wheels of justice in motion.
Calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs have intensified, with proponents arguing it will shed light on institutional failings. Scamardella told the court that both girls were known to social services and other agencies, yet their exploitation by older Asian men was an open secret that went unreported and unaddressed.
