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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Alleged Rochdale predators ‘abused, degraded and discarded’ girls, 13, jury told

A general view of Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester, Britain, 22 January 2025.
The court heard the depravity of the men ‘knew no bounds’. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Eight alleged predators accused of the rape and sexual exploitation of two 13-year-old girls in Rochdale “abused, degraded and discarded” them in an “appalling” way, a jury has heard.

The complainants from the age of 13 were expected to have sex with the defendants and others “whenever and wherever the men wanted” from 2001-6, jurors at Manchester Minshull Street court were told.

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