Wow, looks like it has made the national papers:
'Missing girl, 14, forced into prostitution by gang who plied her with drugs and vodka
By Daily Mail Reporter
](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)A 14-year-old girl was forced into prostitution, sexually assaulted and plied with drugs and alcohol after going missing from her Manchester home.
Nine men have been jailed in connection with the abuse on the girl, who was described as having ‘loving parents but low self esteem’. The vulnerable teenager was targeted with vodka and cigarettes after she was spotted wandering the streets before she was made to have sex with a string of Asian men, Greater Manchester Police said.
**She was only saved when she flagged down a car and told the occupants she had been raped. They rescued her as one of her tormentors tried to drag her away.
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Yesterday’s convictions for various offences, including sexual activity with a child, controlling a child prostitute, facilitating child prostitution and paying for sexual services with a child, can be reported following the acquittal of another man at Manchester Crown Court who faced charges in connection with the case.
The girl’s ordeal began in February 2008 when she was spotted loitering outside a shop in Rochdale town centre by three men and taken back to a house, plied with vodka which was suspected to have been spiked with Ecstasy. She was then made to have sex with all three men before being given money and cigarettes. Later as police staged a hunt for her, the girl drifted to Manchester’s curry mile where she met 30-year old Aftab Khan, the ringleader of the gang, who lured her back to his house and gave her alcohol, cocaine and cannabis and offered her a bed for the night. Khan told the girl: ‘you’re working for me now.’ He stabbed a door with a kitchen knife and threatened to harm her unless she complied.
Khan then pimped her out for money over the next five nights in notorious red light area of Manchester in which he set her up with men or got her to flag down punters. The girl drank huge amounts of alcohol to blot out her ordeal and even tried to avoid wearing make-up to make herself look too young for sex, but her ploy failed to work.
On February 28 last year plain clothed police officers patrolling the area stopped and quizzed the girl as she looked for punters, but in fear of Khan, who was watching her, she gave a false name and said she was 16. Police also questioned Khan and an accomplice but let them both go. The girl returned to Khan who stopped taking her into the city centre and instead shopped her out to men at a flat. Police suspected Khan was holding the teenager but he was tipped off before they arrived to his house.
It wasn’t until the girl flagged down a car and asked to speak to the driver about ‘girl things’ that the abuse came to light. One of her tormentors grabbed her and started to drag her along the road but the couple in the car followed and rescued her.
The girl, who is white, had to testify in separate trials involving the men and was eventually excused further evidence after a third hearing when psychologists ruled there were fears for her mental and physical well-being.
In a statement, the girl said today: 'These people exploit young girls, introduce them to prostitution, feed them drugs and alcohol and tell them they love them.
‘I know this because it has happened to me and it has changed my life enormously. I just hope that people will be more aware of this now and will be able to prevent this from happening to other vulnerable young girls.’
Her parents said: 'We are very proud of our daughter for her courage in assisting Greater Manchester Police with the prosecution of these abusers who caused her such terrible harm.‘No family should have to endure a nightmare experience like the one we have been through. Sadly, we now know that many young and vulnerable teenage girls are targeted, groomed and abused in this way by such offenders; we support our daughter in hoping that these successful prosecutions will send a message that will help protect other children.’
Superintendent Paul Savill, from Greater Manchester Police, said: 'This child has been through an absolutely horrifying ordeal at the hands of these men.
'The level of abuse she has suffered is almost beyond belief. She has been treated like a commodity; beaten, threatened and sexually exploited.
'These men took advantage of her vulnerability with no regard for her well-being.
Khan, 31, from Fallowfield, pleaded guilty to one count of controlling a child prostitute and one count of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. This was later reduced to seven years on appeal.
Abid Khaliq, 30, Ahmed Noorzai, 29, Mohammed Anwar Safi, 31, Mohammed Khan, 26, Najibullah Safi, 32, Asad Yousaf Hassan, 28, Mohammed Basharat, 28, Mohammed Atif, 29, were also jailed for their role in the abuse.’
Source: How schoolgirl fell into clutches of gangs who forced her to become a sex slave | Daily Mail Online
The sickos who were involved:
i’m surprised asians aren’t being targetted like how it’s been in australia with all that they’re doing. these idiotic sickos are in their 30s too, gross