JURY OUT: Verdicts being considered in Bradford sex abuse trial

From local newspaper The Telegraph and Argus which has been reporting the trial regularly to the readers of West Yorkshire

THE jury has begun considering its verdicts in the trial of ten men accused of offences involving the grooming, rape and sexual exploitation of two teenage girls in Bradford.

top, from left, Basharat Khaliq, Yasar Majid, Kieran Harris, Mohammed Usman.
Bottom, from left, Saeed Akhtar, Izar Hussain, Naveed Akhtar, Zeeshan Ali, Parvaze Ahmed

The case, that began at Bradford Crown Court on January 8, involves a total of 25 charges against the defendants.

The jury retired late this afternoon (Wednesday 20th) to begin its deliberations after the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC, finished summing up the evidence.