Twelve on trial for grooming Muslim girl

This is only in The Times. I can’t find it in any local newspapers yet.

The girl is aged 13 and we are told that she was adopted. That may be significant in marking her as somehow ‘lesser’ than a pure untouchable Muslima; it may have nothing to do with their choice of victim whatsoever.

The men are Amir Zaman 24, who was not in court for the start of the trial yesterday,  Zafar Iqbal, 41, Farahk Younis, 23, Abid Younis, 35, Arshid Younis, 30, Asif Khan, 20, Shazabe Hussain, 20, Tariq Islam, 31, Junaid Rashid, 22, Nasir Sultan, 24, Awais Butt, 22, and Zehn Mahmood, 20.

They are all from Leeds and are accused of crimes including rape and sexual activity with a child. The trial at Crown Court Leeds continues.