Bullfinch Day 4: Girl tried to "climb out of window to escape abuse" (From The Oxford Times)

Bullfinch Day 4: Girl tried to "climb out of window to escape abuse"

5:08pm Monday 21st January 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427

A WOMAN told the Old Bailey this afternoon how as a 14-year-old she tried to climb through a window to escape being raped.

The woman, now in her 20s and known as Girl 2, was speaking as the first witness in the trial of nine men accused of raping and sex trafficking underage girls in Oxford.

She claims Kamar Jamil and brothers Akhtar and Anjum Dogar raped her and trafficked her for sex between July and September 2006 when she was 14.

She told the jury how she was brought to a "small" flat in St Thomas Mews, off Rectory Road, where she had sex with a man called "Khan".

Afterwards he told her he was getting another man, she said.

She said there were 11 Asian men in the flat and she could not escape.

She said: "I tried getting out of the window but I couldn't get out. The window was too small."

The witness said she then called the police as she was scared, adding: "I thought all 11 were going to have sex with me."

She told a police officer who came to the flat that she was 14 and had had sex with some of the men, but later refused to press charges.

She told the jury she had been "scared" and did not want trouble.

The defendants deny all 79 charges.

The witness will be cross-examined by defence lawyers tomorrow.

The trial continues.

The accused all deny the charges. They are:

- Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldrich Road, Summertown, Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and one of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies six rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Anjum Dogar, 30, <31 on Feb 17> of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to rape and three of sexual activity with a child.
- Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies seven rapes, four charges of conspiracy to rape, an alternative charge of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child, two of trafficking for sexual exploitation, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, assault, conspiracy to assault, using an instrument to procure a miscarriage, and supplying a Class A drug to another.
- Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies three rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two charges of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to assault.
- Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, denies rape, conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child, and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead, denies conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and sexual activity with a child.