19 men jailed for nearly 300 years for the “truly shocking ” rape and sexual abuse of vulnerable girls in West Yorkshire.
Offences took place between 1995–2003 in Dewsbury and Batley against three girls, one aged just 12.
• Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 49 (Dewsbury) – 10 years (total 30 years with prior sentence)
• Sajid Majid, 53 (Mirfield) – 28 years
• Manaf Hussain, 51 (Heckmondwike) – 25 years
• Tariq Azam, 57 (Dewsbury) – 24 years
• Zulfiqar Ali, 47 (Dewsbury) – 22 years 6 months
• Aurrangzeb Azam, 56 (Dewsbury) – 20 years
• Shakeel Haq, 58 (Birmingham) – 19 years
• Rafiq Patel, 73 (Batley) – 18 years
• Zaheed Ali Novsarka, 58 (Batley) – 18 years
• Mohammed Sheikh, 53 (Batley) – 14 years
• Mohammed Yasin, 52 (Batley) – 14 years
• Liaquat Hussain Hanif, 49 (Batley) – 12 years 6 months
• Ebrahim Mananiat, 56 (Batley) – 12 years
• Ibrahim Khalifa, 87 (Bradford) – 11 years
• Shafiq Siddique, 56 (Dewsbury) – 11 years
• Mohammed Munir Shaffi, 48 (Dewsbury) – 9 years
• Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain, 51 (Dewsbury) – 8 years
• Abbas Kaji, 57 (Batley) – 7 years
• Tasawar Hussain, 46 (Dewsbury) – 3 years
Donna Lynn, 45, from Cleckheaton, was sentenced to three years for an offence of controlling prostitution.
Detective Chief Inspector Rob Stevens, from Kirklees District Police, said: "This has been a major investigation into truly appalling sexual abuse of vulnerable girls in Kirklees by a large number of sexual predators.
"Over an almost two-year period, juries have heard some shocking revelations about the dreadful way victims were abused by those involved.
"They were repeatedly sexually assaulted, in some cases given Class A drugs, and very much treated as commodities for the gratification of heartless predators.
He said the longer sentences handed to some of the men, such as Azam's 20-year sentence for 10 separate rapes, "speak volumes about their depravity and the abuse meted out to victims in this case".
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