Girl tells of rape, death threats, ordeal

A teenager was repeatedly raped by members of a Greater Manchester gang who used alcohol and threats of violence to force her to comply with their demands, a court has heard.

The girl, who cannot be identified, said one of the men told her he would “get someone to kill you” unless she got in his car where she was sexually assaulted.

Her police interviews, recorded when she was 15, were played to jurors at Liverpool Crown Court where 11 men are accused of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring.

A group of 11 men from Rochdale and Oldham all deny conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children under the age of 16.

The offences are said to have happened in and around Rochdale in 2008 and 2009.

During police interviews, the girl, now aged 19, told of occasions when she and a friend were targeted by a 59–year–old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, as they were “hanging around” on the streets.

One time he stopped his car, she said, and told her to get inside and when she refused he said: “If you don’t get in I’ll get someone to kill you.”

She said he also told her he would tell her mother that she had been having sex with him and she became so frightened she agreed to get into the vehicle.

He then drove her to an industrial spot on the outskirts of Heywood where he forced her to perform a sex act, she said.

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