From ITVX
A man who was the 50th person to be convicted as part of the investigation into the Rotherham grooming scandal has been jailed for 20 years.
Riyasth Hussain, 45, from Rotherham, twice raped a girl aged about 13 in the early 2000s and a second victim in her 20s in 2008.
He was convicted of three counts of rape as part of Operation Stovewood, the National Crime Agency’s largest-ever investigation into historic sexual abuse.
The operation examines the systematic sexual abuse of children in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Hussain drove the 13-year-old to an abandoned industrial estate and raped her after stopping to offer help when she was being verbally abused on a street in Rotherham.
Hussain abused the girl a second time after driving to a field and raping her inside his car.
Prosecutor Liz Fell said: “She was living in the care system and had been groomed and sexually exploited by many other men, when Hussain targeted her. Hussain took her in his car to secluded locations to rape her on two separate occasions.”
The girl, who is now in her 30s, told Hussain in court: “When you met me, I was just a fragile, vulnerable little girl who you could easily abuse.
“Today, I am a woman with a voice, and my only goal is to seek justice. It was over 20 years ago when you started to rape me. 11 years ago I started me fight for justice, today I got that!” She has waived her right to anonymity and writes about her fight for justice here.
11 years ago I gave my first ever video interview about what happened to me with the Rotherham grooming gangs it’s been one long road but I’m happy I can finally say I’ve got justice The last 2 years I’ve been involved 3 trials at Sheffield crown court and today I finished my last trial and secured 125 years justice . . .
I’m so proud of what I’ve done and I have taken 7 seriously dangerous men of the streets my only regret is not been able to do it sooner …. I can’t thank the national crime agency enough especially my contact officer he’s one of a kind and the best at what he does.
I AM YOUR KARMA !!!
A second woman was raped when she was in her 20s in 2008.
