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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Woman thought alleged Rochdale abuser was her ‘best friend’, court hears

Manchester Minshull Street crown court.
The men are on trial at Manchester Minshull Street crown court. Photograph: Ian Nellist/Alamy

A woman who has accused eight men from Rochdale of grooming and abusing her as a child wept as she told police she used to consider one of the alleged abusers to be her “best friend”.

The woman, known as Girl A to protect her identity, told detectives that she felt “like a snake in the grass” for accusing Jahn Shahid Ghani of abusing her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s.

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