Overview

• The trial opened at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court with prosecutors presenting their case against six men from Rochdale, who all plead not guilty.
• The indictment lists multiple counts including rape, indecent assault and assault by penetration, with three complainants anonymised as Girls A, B and C.
• According to the prosecution, Girl B was targeted in the late 1980s and early 1990s, while Girls A and C were abused from 2005, with the children allegedly passed between men at properties and other locations.
• Jurors heard allegations that Tahir Rashid groomed a 12-year-old with gifts and money and that she contracted an STD after being taken to various flats, and that he used threats and force against another girl he had taken on outings including to Alton Towers.
• Social Services records were read to the jury stating a mother reported her daughter was having sex with men for alcohol, drugs and gifts, which prosecutors said was not acted upon at the time.