Overview

• Opening statements at Birmingham Crown Court detailed allegations from an incident on March 30 around 2pm.
• Abdulraziq, 32, from Winson Green, pleads not guilty to false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence, an alternative of false imprisonment, sexual assault, and assault.
• The prosecution says the child vanished while playing in the street before her mother heard crying from a downstairs room of the defendant's property.
• A neighbor who tried to enter through a window allegedly saw both the defendant and child with lower clothing at their ankles, before locals forced entry and removed the girl.
• Police arrested Abdulraziq shortly afterward; with an interpreter present he answered 'no comment' in interview, and the trial continues.