Seven men have been found guilty of a catalogue of sickening child sex offences after two teenage girls were abused in Rotherham.
The victims – who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time of the offending in the early 2000s, were both in care and were groomed and plied with alcohol and cannabis before being raped or assaulted. The National Crime Agency says they were often collected by their abusers from the children’s homes they lived at at the time before being assaulted.
Jurors at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the attacks would take place at locations around Rotherham including a park, a car in a supermarket car park, a cemetery and even behind a children’s nursery. In one case, one of the girls was taken to a hotel where she was raped by two men. On another, she was locked inside one of her abuser’s homes, raped on at least two occasions and had to escape by climbing out of a window.
Following the nine-week trial,
- Mohammed Amar, 42, of Elizabeth Way in Rotherham, was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault of a girl
- Yasser Ajaibe, 39, of Walker Street was found guilty of indecent assault of a girl.
- Mohammed Zameer, 49, of Richard Road was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
- Mohammed Siyab, 34, of Stevenson Drive Rotherham, was found guilty of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, two counts of rape and trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation.
- Abid Saddiq, 43, formerly of Rotherham, was found guilty of an indecent assault of a girl, rape of a girl under 13 and two counts of rape.
- Tahir Yasin, 38, of Burngreave Street in Sheffield was found guilty of eight counts of rape.
- Ramin Bari, 37, of Derby Street in Sheffield was found guilty of four counts of rape.
- Amar was found not guilty of one counts of indecent assault.
- Omar Mahmood, 37, of Grosvenor Road in Rotherham was found not guilty of two counts of rape.
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- Zoe Becker was the reviewing lawyer for this case as the former Unit Head of the CPS’ Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit which is part of the Serious Economic and Organised Crime International Directorate (SEOCID).
- The seven defendants were all sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on the 12 and 13 September 2024.
- Mohammed AMAR [DOB: 10/06/1981] of Elizabeth Way, Rotherham, was convicted of two counts of indecent assault. He has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment with 2 years’ extended licence.
- Mohammed SIYAB [DOB: 12/07/1979] of Stevenson Drive, Rotherham, was convicted of two counts of rape, one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and one count of trafficking. He has been sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment with 12 months’ extended licence.
- Yasser AJAIBE [DOB: 28/10/1984] of Walter Street, Rotherham, was convicted of one count of indecent assault. He has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment with 12 months extended licence.
- Mohammed ZAMEER SADIQ [DOB: 02/11/1974] of Richard Road, Rotherham, was convicted of one count of rape and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13. He has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with 12 months’ extended licence.
- Abid SADDIQ [DOB: 20/01/1981] formerly of Rotherham, was convicted of three counts of rape and one of indecent assault. He has been sentenced to 24 years’ imprisonment with 12 months’ extended licence.
- Tahir YASSIN [DOB: 24/01/1986] of Burngreave Street, Sheffield, was convicted of eight counts of rape. He has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
- Ramin BARI [DOB: 07/06/1986] of Derby Street, Sheffield, was convicted of four counts of rape. He has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.