A JURY has been told it would be an "injustice" to convict a man of child sex crimes because there is a "real possibility" his accuser got it wrong.

A defence lawyer told the Oxford child sex exploitation trial jury they should not find his client guilty because he did know some of the other defendants.

Assad Hussain, 32, is charged with rape and sexual activity with a child. The complainant known as Girl 1 claims he raped her between the ages of 13 and 15 from 2004 to 2007. He is one of nine defendants to deny all charges.

But his barrister Mark George, in his closing speech, said Girl 1 only identified him in a police identity procedure last year. And he said she had admitted being "out of her box" on drink and drugs during the abuse, saying she took drugs so she would not remember it.

He said: "Isn't there a real possibility she has got it wrong?
"When you look at all the evidence can you really put your hand on your heart and say you are sure she got it right?"

He told the jury: "To find Assad Hussain guilty would be an injustice in this case."

Hussain also denies Girl 5's claims he had sex with her when she was 14 in 2011 knowing how old she was.

Mr George will finish his speech on Monday morning before the jury hears from Mohammed Karrar's barrister.
 

The defendants deny all charges. The trial continues.