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SCHOOLGIRL RAPE: ‘Evil man who has slipped net’ was ringleader for Keighley schoolgirl’s multiple sex attacks, court told
THE “evil” central figure in the case of 12 men convicted of sexually abusing a Keighley teenager, drug dealer Arif Choudhury, was blamed by many of the defendants for planning the rapes.
He has left the country and is believed to be in Bangladesh.
Choudhury, 18, formerly of Victoria Avenue, Keighley, was accused by the girl of raping her in the grounds of a Keighley church when she was 13, after she refused to sell any more drugs for him
TWELVE men who raped or sexually abused a vulnerable Keighley schoolgirl were due to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court today.
This morning, the court has been hearing mitigating statements from some of those convicted and the sentencings may now be given on Monday.
Eleven Keighley rapists and a cab driver who sexually abused a vulnerable teenage schoolgirl to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court
TWELVE men who raped or sexually abused a vulnerable Keighley schoolgirl will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court today.
Ten of the rapists were found guilty in December when the judge described some of those convicted as “insolent, arrogant and disrespectful”.
The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Roger Thomas QC said their behaviour throughout the trial was the worst he had seen in 40 years of legal practice.
He told them they had “quite frankly treated these proceedings with a certain amount of contempt and arrogance”.
The full story: Keighley Trial at Bradford Crown Court
Very good news.
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Hope they get the sentences that they deserve
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You take a child’s Christmas presents you get around 6yrs.
You take a child’s right to live with dignity you’re likely to receive a few years.
What does public opinion say in relation, the time should reflect the crime, let’s demand proper sentences.
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Why didn’t the judge give them a taste of what, hopefully is to come, with a contempt of court sentence. Do hope there will be no leniency given to these arrogant paedophiles.
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Should be at least 20 years each – served on a standard wing of a high security prison. No safety net of seclusion or a special wing for paedophiles
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