Sex-ring girl ‘grabbed by the throat’

A 15–year–old victim of a Greater Manchester child sexual exploitation ring was “grabbed by the throat” and called a “white bitch” when she refused to have sex, a court has heard.

The girl is one of five alleged victims, aged as young as 13, who were “shared” and “passed around” by the gang from Rochdale and Oldham, Liverpool Crown Court was told.

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.

The girls were abused by the men who used alcohol, money, drugs and threats of violence to force them to have sex, the court heard.

Police interviews were played to jurors in which a 15–year–old victim, who is now 19, re–lived the moment she was taken to the home of Adil Khan, who was known to them as “Billy”. She went to the house in Oswald Street, Rochdale, with a slightly older girl (Girl A) and four men were waiting for them. She refused to have sex with one of the men who then turned on her.

She said: “I called him a bastard so he grabbed me by the throat and called me a white bitch.”

The girl, who cannot be identified, told police she was “scared” of Girl A who was pushing her into having sex with numerous men. The court heard she was forced to have sex with more than 21 different men over the course of the abuse.

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