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Seven ‘cruel and manipulative’ men latest jailed for sexual abuse of girls in Rotherham

Tribute paid to bravery of victims to tell their stories and confront abusers



'Seven men were jailed for sexually abusing two girls in Rotherham in the latest convictions under
the UK’s biggest-ever law enforcement operation against child sex abuse. The defendants regularly
picked up the victims in their cars and gave them cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis and money, Sheffield
Crown Court heard.

The girls would then be assaulted, forced to perform sexual acts or raped. One of the girls was taken to
a hotel where she was raped by two men, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. On another occasion
the same girl was locked inside one of her abuser’s homes, raped on at least two occasions and only
managed to escape by climbing out of a window.

The seven men are the latest to be convicted following an investigation by the NCA’s Operation Stovewood,
which is looking at abuse which took place in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. The NCA said this case
covers “some of the worst offending we have investigated under Operation Stovewood”.

Most harrowing abuse possible
The agency said Mohammed Amar, Mohammed Siyab, Yasser Ajaibe, Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, Abid
Saddiq, Tahir Yassin and Ramin Bari were jailed on Thursday and Friday for the offences which were
committed between April 2003 and April 2008.

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesman said Amar, Ajaibe, Sadiq and Sayib abused one victim, and
Yassin and Bari abused the other. Saddiq, who was already serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexual
offences in Rotherham handed down in 2019, abused both girls.

The two victims were aged 11 and 15 when the offending began, the CPS said, and both spent time in the
care system. NCA senior investigating officer Stuart Cobb said: “These men were cruel and manipulative,
grooming their victims and then exploiting them by subjecting them to the most harrowing abuse possible.

“They were responsible for some of the worst offending we have investigated under Operation Stovewood.
“I can only once again pay tribute to the victims who were brave enough to come forward, tell their stories
and confront their abusers.” Zoe Becker, for the CPS, said: “These seven men deliberately preyed on two
young girls they knew were vulnerable and, using drugs and alcohol, exploited them for their own sexual
gratification.

Courage and fortitude
“The cruelty and abuse the victims suffered at the hands of these defendants was horrific and has continued
to have a lasting impact on their lives today. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank both the victims for
coming forward and giving evidence. This has been a complex and challenging case, and it is because of their
courage and fortitude that we have been able to bring these offenders to justice.”

Operation Stovewood was set up in the wake of the landmark Jay Report which found in 2014 that at least
1,400 girls were abused by gangs of men of mainly Pakistani heritage in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.

Thirty-six people have so far been convicted as a result of the operation, which the NCA says is the single largest
law enforcement operation of its kind ever undertaken in the UK. Last year, the NCA announced that new allegations
would be handled by South Yorkshire Police rather than Operation Stovewood, saying it had identified more than
1,100 children involved in the exploitation between 1997 and 2013 – almost all girls.

The agency said it remains committed to seeing its current investigations through to the end of the criminal justice
process, which is anticipated to continue into 2027. Previous estimates have put the cost of Operation Stovewood
at about £90 million...'

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