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

Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang jailed for 35 years for rape and abuse

Mohammed Zahid
Mohammed Zahid, 65, known as ‘Boss Man’, expected the girls to have regular sex with him and his friends. Photograph: GMP/PA

Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.

The ringleader, Mohammed Zahid, 65, of Crumpsall, was given the longest sentence of 35 years. He was convicted of raping two girls, identified in court only as Girl A and Girl B, on multiple occasions. He was also found guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex.

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