Overview
- Bradford Crown Court jailed seven men on 3 October, bringing the total to eight offenders with combined sentences reported at about 91 years and individual terms ranging from six and a half to 23 years.
- Lead offender Raja Zulqurnean was convicted in January, sentenced to 18 years in May, and had his term increased to 23 years by the Court of Appeal on 5 September.
- The victim, anonymised as Anna, was aged 13 to 16 during the 2002 to 2004 abuse while in local authority care, and the court heard she was repeatedly assaulted by different men.
- Judge Ahmed Nadim condemned failings by police and social services, ordered lifetime sex‑offender registration for the seven sentenced on Friday, and praised the victim’s courage.
- Authorities say reporting restrictions have now been lifted after multiple trials, the CPS Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit ran the prosecution with West Yorkshire Police, and prosecutors have reported further untraced perpetrators with trial evidence describing an Islamic ceremony attended by a social worker.