Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale.
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as “sex slaves” from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.
Both girls had “deeply troubled home lives” and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarette, places to stay and people to be with, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Soon after they were expected to have sex “whenever and wherever” the defendants and other men wanted in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses.
Jurors deliberated for three weeks before delivering their unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday.
