Friday, 29 June 2012
The parents of a girl said to have been groomed and sold for sex to restaurant workers told a court yesterday how they fought a vain battle for three years for action against her abusers.
They described how the shy, happy 13-year-old became a girl so troubled that they sought help from her school, the NHS, police and social services.
A jury at Stafford Crown Court heard that the men accused of sexually exploiting the girl were not arrested until December 2009, three years after her parents raised concerns.
The girl was said to have been given a diet of alcohol and drugs by men who regarded her as “a commodity” to be sold to staff in takeaway food outlets in Telford, Shropshire. She is one of four girls allegedly targeted by two brothers, Ahdel Ali and Mubarek Ali.
The court was told that the girl fell into bad company after the family returned from a British military base overseas, and by 14 was drinking, smoking cannabis and staying out overnight. Her mother said that she and her husband “went to all sorts of agencies, trying to get help”.
They confiscated their daughter’s mobile and began following her and noting the registration numbers of cars she got into.
She was horrified when her daughter became pregnant at 16. The girl wrote down the names of five possible fathers, including both Ali brothers.
Ahdel Ali denies rape, 11 counts of sexual activity with a child and various charges of controlling child prostitution. His brother denies four counts of controlling child prostitution, two of trafficking a child and one charge of causing child prostitution.
The case continues.
Source: The Times
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