Leeds:12 Asian charged with sexual offences against a young girl
A GANG of 12 men,mostly Asian, have appeared in court again today charged with a string of sexual offences against a young girl.Their case was heard in Leeds Crown Court where all 12 men will appeared in the dock on June 17 for a preliminary hearing, today which resulted in a further court hearing at a date we do not know yet.
Again all eleven of the men were granted unconditional bail!
Nasir Sultan, 24 of Leeds, is charged with three counts of rape of a girl aged 13-15.
Amir Zaman, 24 of Leeds is charged with four counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child.
Awais Butt, 31, of Leeds is charged with sexual activity with a child and attempting to supply a class B drug.
Farakh Younis, 23, of Leeds is charged with sexual activity with a child.
Junaid Rashid, 21, of Leeds is charged with inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Tariq Islam, 20, of Leeds is charged two counts and sexual touching of a girl aged 13 and kidnap.
Shazabe Hussain, 20, of Leeds and Javed Uddin, 20, of Leeds are charged with penetration of a 13 year old.
Asif Khan and Zehn Mahmood, both aged 19 and from Leeds, are charged with two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Abid Younis, 34, of Beeston, Leeds is charged with four counts of sexual activity with a child
Arshid Younis, 29, of Beeston, Leeds is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child and offering to supply a Class A drug.
Speaking at the time the men were charged, Chief Superintendent Paul Money, District Commander for Leeds, said: “The alleged offences relate to one, female juvenile victim from the local community and follow a protracted investigation which began in October 2012.
The West Yorkshire National Front demonstrated their disgust outisde the court but were prevented from having a proper demonstration when the police said that the Asians were being charged using a video link. However, the truth came out - the Asians were already inside the building!
Well done anyway to all who turned out at short notice to support the NF's anti-grooming campaign.
Below just three of many more newspaper reports from all over the UK about Asian Grooming Gangs - is it becoming a rape pandemic?
