Ringleader of Rotherham child sex grooming gang jailed for 35 years

From the Telegraph and Sky News

Arshid Hussain – the ringleader of a gang who groomed, raped and abused teenage girls in Rotherham – has been jailed for 35 years.

His brothers Basharat Hussain, 39, and Bannaras Hussein, 36, got 25 years and 19 years respectively.

Their uncle, Qurban Ali, 53, was jailed for 10 years. Female accomplice Karen MacGregor, 58, was jailed for 13 years while Shelley Davis, 40, was given an 18 month suspended sentence.

Arshid Hussain (clockwise from top left), Basharat Hussain, Bannaras Hussain, Shelley Davies, Karen MacGregor and Qurban Ali 

Jailing the gang, who were said to have ruled Rotherham with impunity, Judge Sarah Wright told them: “The harm you have caused is of unimaginable proportions.”

Sheffield Crown Court previously heard that Bannaras Hussain abused one of his child victims in a car park next to Rotherham Police Station and then joked with officers. He told officers his victim was performing a sex act on him, but police drove off and left him alone, the court heard.

The jury heard that the Hussain brothers “ruled Rotherham” with their drugs and guns operation and abused girls with impunity.