Day 3, Thursday, January 17: Prosecution opening statement continued (From The Oxford Times)
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Day 3, Thursday, January 17: Prosecution opening statement continued
10:07am Thursday 17th January 2013 in Bullfinch
By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427
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4:21pm
Mr Lucas finishes his opening statement telling the jury: "There is no room for prejudice or sympathy in this trial."
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3:56pm
The girl said Kamar Jamil was a security guard at Tesco in Cowley Road who once let her and friends steal four bottles of vodka, jury hears.
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3:48pm
When 13, Girl 5 had sex with Zeeshan and Bilal Ahmed, court hears. Girl felt like she could not refuse Bilal "Shaks" Ahmed.
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3:43pm
DNA from Mohammed Hussain and Assad Hussain found on Girl 5's clothes, the jury hears.
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3:40pm
Girl 5 had sex with Mohammed "Tayab" Hussain "loads of times" when she was 12 or 13, the Old Bailey hears. He was at least 20 at the time.
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2:39pm
Girl 4 described the Karrar brothers as "sick sex monsters", Mr Lucas says.
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2:23pm
Mohammed Karrar branded the 12-year-old with a heated hair pin shaped into the letter M, said Mr Lucas. "He regarded her as his property."
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2:21pm
When she told him she was pregnant aged 12 he beat her up and took her to Reading to have an illegal abortion, the jury heard.
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2:15pm
One girl was "sold" to Mohammed Karrar when she had just turned 11, the court hears.
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12:43pm
Girl 3 was "unlikely to be believed", says Mr Lucas. "It did not take much for the police to be persuaded no crime had been committed."
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12:36pm
Police were called to the guest house by a man staying there. The girl told them she was raped, drugged and beaten, jury hears.
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12:16pm
Akhtar and Anjum Dogar were paid by men who had sex with Girl 3 at the Nanford Guest House when she was 13, 14, and 16, the court hears.
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12:06pm
Girl 3 was "terrified" of the Dogar brothers and would take drugs and alcohol to "anaesthetise" her feelings, Mr Lucas says.
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12:06pm
Girl 3 was "terrified" of the Dogar brothers and would take drugs and alcohol to "anaesthetise" her feelings, Mr Lucas says.
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11:34am
Mohammed Karrar took the girl to London and Manchester to have sex with men, Mr Lucas said. "She felt she had no choice" he says.
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11:34am
Mohammed Karrar took the girl to London and Manchester to have sex with men, Mr Lucas said. "She felt she had no choice" he says.
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11:34am
Mohammed Karrar took the girl to London and Manchester to have sex with men, Mr Lucas said. "She felt she had no choice" he says.
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11:34am
Mohammed Karrar took the girl to London and Manchester to have sex with men, Mr Lucas said. "She felt she had no choice" he says.
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11:21am
Girl 3 was sexually abused by five of the defendants between the ages of 13 and 15, the court hears. Described as a "vulnerable target".
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11:13am
The girl told a friend at the time: "I have no choice, I just want to be loved. I've never been loved and this shows me love."
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11:09am
In 2006, the 14-year-old told police "she had had sex with a number of Asian males", the Old Bailey hears.
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10:59am
Mr Lucas said: "She didn't want to have sex with any of the Asian men. She will say she did so as she was afraid of them."
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10:54am
Prosecution starts by outlining evidence to be heard from Girl 2 - who was 14 when she was raped and trafficked for sex, Noel Lucas QC says.
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