In 2012, nine men were conviction of nine men for offences including rape and human trafficking on girls as young as 13 between 2005 and 2008 they was sentenced to 77 Years in the 1st Rochdale child sexual exploitation case by an all Asian Sex Gang. Their actions caused immense suffering to their victims, who were young and vulnerable girls that continue to this day.
- Adil Khan, 42, of Oswald Street, Rochdale
- Conviction: Conspiracy and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Sentence: 8 years in prison for conspiracy and 8 years concurrently for trafficking.
Taxi driver Adil Khan, of Oswald Street, Rochdale, was convicted of trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child. He betrayed his wife by starting a sexual relationship with a girl – and just a few weeks after the birth of his first child.
The girl thought he was her boyfriend, telling the jurors he had treated her well. He had come to Rochdale from Kashmir with his wife in 1997. Known as Billy by the girls, he went to the sex parties although he claimed only to be playing cards or watching cricket.
He told the court: “They weren’t girls – they were women.” The court heard how he had made the girl pregnant but she had an abortion. He was jailed for eight years after he was convicted of conspiracy and trafficking.