Leader of Rochdale sex grooming gang found guilty of 30 counts of rape in new trial
Leader of Rochdale sex grooming gang found guilty of 30 counts of rape in new trial - Manchester Evening News
The evil predator who led the Rochdale child sex grooming gang can be named today as Shabir Ahmed. The 59-year-old from Oldham can be exposed after a judge in another case today lifted a ban on the media identifying him.
The evil predator who led the Rochdale child sex grooming gang can be named today as Shabir Ahmed.
The 59-year-old from Oldham can be exposed after a judge in another case today lifted a ban on the media identifying him.
Ahmed, a father-of-four, raped an under-age girl above a Heywood takeaway where he worked as a delivery driver before sharing her among his friends so they could also sexually abuse her.
He encouraged his victims in the Rochdale grooming case to call him 'daddy'.
The Pakistan-born former taxi driver claimed the girls gave him the name because he would scold them if they behaved badly in the takeaway.
Locked up in June '12
He was one of nine men convicted at Liverpool Crown Court in May over the sexual grooming of vulnerable girls in Rochdale between 2008 and 2010.
He raped one under-age girl twice and 'aided and abetted' in a third rape by another takeaway worker, Kabeer Hassan.
Ahmed also had a year-long sexual relationship with another young teenager girl, although the girl herself regarded him as a father figure and still insists he did nothing wrong.
Ahmed behaved outrageously during the Liverpool trial, removing his t-shirt and ripping out clumps of his own chest hair in front of the judge in a bizarre bid to demonstrate he would have left damning follicles of his own hair at the scene of his crimes.
'You preyed on girls because they were not part of your community or religion', says judge as he jails Rochdale sex gang for 77 years
Grooming victim: ‘I felt scared and told him I wanted to go home’
He also repeatedly accused the judge, the jury, and the police of being part of a racist conspiracy against Muslims.
All the defendants were Asian and all the five young victims who gave evidence during the trial were white.
"It's all white lies," he said.
But it can now be revealed he repeatedly raped an Asian girl over many years.
The ban on identifying Ahmed was lifted today after another jury at Manchester Crown found Ahmed guilty of yet more sex crimes - this time the repeated rape over a number of years of the Asian girl.
In the latest case, he was convicted of 30 counts of rape against the girl from a very young age over many years.
The jury was not told of his involvement in the Rochdale child sex grooming scandal until Ahmed went into the witness box and revealed all as part of his bid to persuade them he was the victim of a conspiracy against the Muslim community.
He was jailed for 19 years at Liverpool Crown Court in May after a jury convicted him of three counts of rape against one girl, sex assault of another girl, trafficking within the UK and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child.
The jury in Manchester had been told of the rape and sex assault convictions but not of the other charges and how he was central to the Rochdale case.
The jury in the latest case dismissed his defence in finding him guilty of 30 counts of rape. Ahmed, formerly of Winsor Road, had denied all charges, claiming the victim had either made her story up or imagined it.
He smiled as the verdicts were read out.
Judge Mushtaq Khokhar lifted the ban on identifying Ahmed and told him:”As you know you have been convicted of serious offences. The court does require further information in your case before proceeding to sentence.”
He adhourned the sentencing until August 2 for the preparation of reports. He dismisssed an application by Ahmed's barrister for immediate sentencing.
The victim in the latest case had gone to the police about the abuse but initially decided not to prosecute the case.
It was only when police arrested Ahmed over the Rochdale scandal that they went back to the victim and she gave full details of the systematic sexual abuse she suffered at his hands.
She told how he continued to rape her even as she sobbed - exactly what he did when he raped a girl of 15 as part of the Rochdale grooming case.
During four hours of police interviews, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, went into graphic detail about the abuse.
She believes she became pregnant after one of the rapes but had a miscarriage.
During one of many rants during the latest trial, he said: "We are a civilised society. We are the supreme race, not these white b******s (pointing to police officers in court)."
He continued: "You will not get a CBE. You will not get an MBE. You will get a DM, a destroyer of Muslims. You were born one thousand years too late. You f***ed my community.. You destroyed my community and our children. None of us did that. White people trained those girls to be so much advanced in sex. They were coming without hesitation to Rochdale,Oldham, Bradford, Leeds and Nelson and wherever."
He said the jury in Liverpool has been 'taking instructions' from BNP leader Nick Griffin and later pointed to Rachel Smith, who prosecuted both cases on behalf of the Crown, saying: "I curse you at night. I curse you and your family. You will understand (pointing at Judge Khokhar). I curse the juries. I curse the media and most of you b******s. Your family will get it. You have destroyed our community... Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Maggie Thatcher. They are all the same. They're all on the take. They (looking at the police) are on the take. It's true. They are all bent b******s. It has to be taken by average people like you and I. They take all the money and we take all the weight. These (pointing at the police officers) were p****d on by Theresa May. May you be more p****d on."
Leader of Rochdale sex grooming gang found guilty of 30 counts of rape in new trial - Manchester Evening News
The evil predator who led the Rochdale child sex grooming gang can be named today as Shabir Ahmed. The 59-year-old from Oldham can be exposed after a judge in another case today lifted a ban on the media identifying him.
The evil predator who led the Rochdale child sex grooming gang can be named today as Shabir Ahmed.
The 59-year-old from Oldham can be exposed after a judge in another case today lifted a ban on the media identifying him.
Ahmed, a father-of-four, raped an under-age girl above a Heywood takeaway where he worked as a delivery driver before sharing her among his friends so they could also sexually abuse her.
He encouraged his victims in the Rochdale grooming case to call him 'daddy'.
The Pakistan-born former taxi driver claimed the girls gave him the name because he would scold them if they behaved badly in the takeaway.
Locked up in June '12
He was one of nine men convicted at Liverpool Crown Court in May over the sexual grooming of vulnerable girls in Rochdale between 2008 and 2010.
He raped one under-age girl twice and 'aided and abetted' in a third rape by another takeaway worker, Kabeer Hassan.
Ahmed also had a year-long sexual relationship with another young teenager girl, although the girl herself regarded him as a father figure and still insists he did nothing wrong.
Ahmed behaved outrageously during the Liverpool trial, removing his t-shirt and ripping out clumps of his own chest hair in front of the judge in a bizarre bid to demonstrate he would have left damning follicles of his own hair at the scene of his crimes.
'You preyed on girls because they were not part of your community or religion', says judge as he jails Rochdale sex gang for 77 years
Grooming victim: ‘I felt scared and told him I wanted to go home’
He also repeatedly accused the judge, the jury, and the police of being part of a racist conspiracy against Muslims.
All the defendants were Asian and all the five young victims who gave evidence during the trial were white.
"It's all white lies," he said.
But it can now be revealed he repeatedly raped an Asian girl over many years.
The ban on identifying Ahmed was lifted today after another jury at Manchester Crown found Ahmed guilty of yet more sex crimes - this time the repeated rape over a number of years of the Asian girl.
In the latest case, he was convicted of 30 counts of rape against the girl from a very young age over many years.
The jury was not told of his involvement in the Rochdale child sex grooming scandal until Ahmed went into the witness box and revealed all as part of his bid to persuade them he was the victim of a conspiracy against the Muslim community.
He was jailed for 19 years at Liverpool Crown Court in May after a jury convicted him of three counts of rape against one girl, sex assault of another girl, trafficking within the UK and conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child.
The jury in Manchester had been told of the rape and sex assault convictions but not of the other charges and how he was central to the Rochdale case.
The jury in the latest case dismissed his defence in finding him guilty of 30 counts of rape. Ahmed, formerly of Winsor Road, had denied all charges, claiming the victim had either made her story up or imagined it.
He smiled as the verdicts were read out.
Judge Mushtaq Khokhar lifted the ban on identifying Ahmed and told him:”As you know you have been convicted of serious offences. The court does require further information in your case before proceeding to sentence.”
He adhourned the sentencing until August 2 for the preparation of reports. He dismisssed an application by Ahmed's barrister for immediate sentencing.
The victim in the latest case had gone to the police about the abuse but initially decided not to prosecute the case.
It was only when police arrested Ahmed over the Rochdale scandal that they went back to the victim and she gave full details of the systematic sexual abuse she suffered at his hands.
She told how he continued to rape her even as she sobbed - exactly what he did when he raped a girl of 15 as part of the Rochdale grooming case.
During four hours of police interviews, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, went into graphic detail about the abuse.
She believes she became pregnant after one of the rapes but had a miscarriage.
During one of many rants during the latest trial, he said: "We are a civilised society. We are the supreme race, not these white b******s (pointing to police officers in court)."
He continued: "You will not get a CBE. You will not get an MBE. You will get a DM, a destroyer of Muslims. You were born one thousand years too late. You f***ed my community.. You destroyed my community and our children. None of us did that. White people trained those girls to be so much advanced in sex. They were coming without hesitation to Rochdale,Oldham, Bradford, Leeds and Nelson and wherever."
He said the jury in Liverpool has been 'taking instructions' from BNP leader Nick Griffin and later pointed to Rachel Smith, who prosecuted both cases on behalf of the Crown, saying: "I curse you at night. I curse you and your family. You will understand (pointing at Judge Khokhar). I curse the juries. I curse the media and most of you b******s. Your family will get it. You have destroyed our community... Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Maggie Thatcher. They are all the same. They're all on the take. They (looking at the police) are on the take. It's true. They are all bent b******s. It has to be taken by average people like you and I. They take all the money and we take all the weight. These (pointing at the police officers) were p****d on by Theresa May. May you be more p****d on."
