Stage 4: Isolating the child

A string of failings by social workers and police allowed the Oxfordshire gang to brutally exploit vulnerable schoolgirls, selling them for sex for seven years.

The girls were plied with alcohol and drugged with crack cocaine and heroin, then trafficked for sex across the country.

Some of the victims reported their treatment at the hands of the men to police, but their complaints were ignored. One was threatened with arrest if she persisted with her claims.

The authorities apologised as the men were convicted of a series of sex offences at the Old Bailey.

Two sets of brothers – Akhtar Dogar, 32, and Anjum Dogar, 31, and Mohammed Karrar, 38, and Bassam Karrar, 33 – were convicted along with Kamar Jamil, 27, Assad Hussain, 32,  and Zeeshan Ahmed, 27.

Fighting broke out in the dock at the Old Bailey after two other defendants – Mohammed Hussain and a man who cannot be named for legal reasons – were cleared.

Judge Peter Rook told the guilty seven: “You have been convicted of the most serious of offences. Long custodial sentences are inevitable. ”

Operating from their Oxford base, the men targeted vulnerable and “out-of-control” youngsters, many of whom were in care homes.

They groomed them into believing they were in love and then exploited them, injecting them with heroin, forcing them into prostitution and even branding one of them with an electronic cigarette lighter.

Most of the six girls who were abused were too scared to face their abusers in court and gave their evidence from behind a curtain.

But one, who was repeatedly raped and sold for sex between 2004, when she was just 12, and 2007, faced down her attackers and told the court: “I am here to tell my story and see the people who abused me found guilty.”

She said that she had reported her treatment to the police a number of times but was told she would be arrested for time wasting.

She said: “Any self-respecting police officer would have seen something was wrong.

“If you pick up a child who is covered in cigarette burns and bruises, something is fundamentally wrong.

“Adults should be doing their jobs, it’s not down to a child.”

Another girl told how she was told she would be shot if she did not have sex with one of the men when she was 14 and how she rang police after being taken to a flat and realising she was with 11 men who wanted to have sex with her.

Another told how she was plied with drugs and forced to have sex with strangers while being filmed at the age of 13.

The most harrowing account came from a girl who was groomed from the age of 11 and forced to have an illegal abortion on the living room floor of a house in Reading, aged 12.

Police missed several chances to catch gang members before they were finally arrested.

The girls had been put into care because their behaviour was out of control and for their own protection.

Time after time, they disappeared from children’s homes and were caught with older men by police, but the exploitation continued.

Joanna Simons, the Oxfordshire County Council’s chief executive, apologised to the girls. She said: “We are incredibly sorry we were not able to stop it any sooner.

“We were up against a gang of devious criminals. The girls thought they were their friends.

“I would like to pay tribute to the courage of the girls in giving evidence. They have been so brave.”

Two of the three care homes where the victims lived have been closed down. One member of staff has been sacked.

Detective Chief Superintendent Rob Mason said: “Thames Valley Police and Oxfordshire County Council social services deeply regret that this activity wasn’t identified sooner and that we were too reliant on victims supporting criminal proceedings, and that they suffered a terrible ordeal.”

The men, who are all of Pakistani and North African descent, were finally arrested after police and social services got together to form Operation Bullfinch.

By speaking to complainants and looking at their histories, they were able to identify a pattern of grooming.

Senior police investigation officer Simon Morton said the victims were learning to live with their experiences.

He said: “They have been through possibly the most traumatic thing a child could go through.”

He added: “Time is a great healer and I honestly hope it will.”

The seven men face sentencing next month.

The trial followed the jailing last year of men in Rochdale for abusing vulnerable girls, another case where chances to stop the gang were missed.

Earlier this year the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Crown Prosecution Service announced new measures to change and improve their response to sexual offending, particularly involving children.

Police have arrested a further nine men from the Oxford area under Operation Bullfinch.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1090821/oxfordshire-child-sex-trafficking-ring-guilty

Noshad Hussain, 23, was cleared of trafficking a girl, 14, at a trial last year, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict on four charges of engaging in sexual activity with her.

The court ruling marks the end of an investigation into a child prostitution ring in Telford.

Seven men were jailed last year.

The court rejected an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service against the judge’s ruling that Mr Hussain should not face a retrial.

The ruling means that restrictions put in place while Mr Hussain’s case was considered have been lifted.

‘Particularly vulnerable’

Details of previous hearings involving the seven men have been reported but the cases could not be linked until now.

Many of the seven men worked for or had connections with fast-food restaurants across Telford and some of the girls were sold for sex to workers.

The men were all arrested as part of West Mercia Police’s Operation Chalice. Officers said the total number of girls targeted between 2007 and 2009 could be above 100.

Det Ch Insp Neil Jamieson described many of the girls as “particularly vulnerable”. He said they were groomed, receiving presents such as mobile phones to build up a sense of trust.

“What they would do is drive them around, they would ply them with alcohol, drugs, buy them things, and it would almost be a boyfriend-girlfriend scenario initially.

“It then spiralled into them being shared with other men.

“We found some of the victims had been to Halifax, they’d been to the north of the country, they’d been into Birmingham and they’d been moved around for the purposes of sexual exploitation.”

He described the investigation, which at times involved up to 50 officers, as one of the most complex the force had ever undertaken.

Laura Johnston, director of children and family services at Telford and Wrekin Council, welcomed the sentences and said the council would continue to offer support to the victims.

Det Ch Insp Jamieson said the last four years had been a “real ordeal” for all the victims, particularly those who gave evidence.

He said he hoped the convictions would help the victims “move on” with their lives.

The Telford Muslim Forum condemned the offences and said the whole community had been shocked by what had happened, particularly as it was “in their back yard”

The forum’s chairman, Dr Mohammed Quershi said the past few years had been “hard times,” but “branding a whole community because of the actions of a few is not the right way”.

Nine men were initially charged as a result of Operation Chalice. But in September 2011, a trial at Stafford Crown Court collapsed after three months following representations from defence barristers.

Judge Robin Onions ruled the men should be tried separately.

In the event, a total of seven men were jailed, five of them after pleading guilty to various charges. One was cleared after no evidence was presented and in the case of Mr Hussain the indictment has been stayed.

Inciting child prostitution

Brothers Ahdel Ali, 25, and Mubarek Ali, 29, who had denied a string of child sex offences, were handed the longest sentences, of 18 years and 14 years respectively.

The trial at Worcester Crown Court heard the brothers, of Regent Street, Wellington, sexually abused, trafficked, prostituted or tried to prostitute four Telford teenagers, as young as 13.

In sentencing the pair, Judge Patrick Thomas QC said: “You have not shown at any remorse or regret for what you did. Instead you have twisted and turned to avoid justice.”

Ahdel Ali was found guilty of one charge of rape, 11 charges of sexual activity with a child, three charges of controlling child prostitution, one of inciting child prostitution, a charge of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and meeting a child after grooming.

His brother was convicted of four charges of controlling child prostitution, two of trafficking in the UK for sexual exploitation and a charge of causing child prostitution.

The judge said the elder brother had repeatedly sold one girl “for relatively trivial sums”.

He said Mubarek’s motivations went beyond profit and “involved sheer gratuitous pleasure in the power you exercised over these unhappy girls”.

• Former taxi driver Mohammed Islam Choudhrey, 54, of Solway Drive, Sutton Hill, pleaded guilty to paying for sex with a Telford schoolgirl and was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Wolverhampton Crown Court in November.

• Mohammed Ali Sultan, 26, from Victoria Avenue, Wellington, was jailed for seven years after admitting having sex with two teenage girls, one of whom was 13 years old.

• Mohammed Younis, 61, of Kingsland, Arleston, was jailed for two-and-a-half years for allowing his flat to be used as a brothel by allowing a man to have sex with a girl who was being controlled as a prostitute.

• Mahroof Khan, 35, from Caradoc Flats, Wellington, was given a 30-month sentence after admitting having sex with a 15-year-old girl at his home, but walked free from court due to time spent on remand.

• Tanveer Ahmed, 40, of Urban Gardens in Wellington, was jailed for two-and-a-half years after admitting a charge of controlling a child prostitute.

• Abdul Rouf, 36, of Kingsland, Arleston, walked free from court after no evidence was offered against him, although the judge ordered that a charge of facilitating child prostitution should lie on file.

We hope that by taking time to explore some of the very basic fundamentals shared by all faiths the BBC will not continue to differentiate and single out the Sikh community, by airing the program “Sikh Wedding Crashers” scheduled for broadcast on Monday 11^th March 2013.

Similar previous program on the 5^th July 2012, “Nihal BBC Asian Network” broadcasted a show that provided in our opinion a fair, balanced and importantly a factual representation of issues concerning interfaith marriage within a Sikh Gurdwara. However the manner in which a 500 year faith was opened for public opinion was in our opinion distasteful and disrespectful. The presenter opened up the listeners to present their own conflicting opinions and beliefs without proper representation from a recognised Sikh Body or Authority to clarify the facts. Would the Catholic Church, Muslim Mosque or any other Religious Institute or body be allowed to be presented in such manner? The program was an attempt to disrupt community cohesion and incite division amongst the communities.

Why is the BBC allowing representation from bodies that clearly operate against the fundamental basic structure and beliefs of a religious organisation/institute that is over 500 years old?

For clarity and understanding proper investigative teams should have worked with the facts written and stated by the supreme body of the Sikhs “The Guru Granth Sahib Ji”. This would fortunately have put a stop to any program hoping to sensualise or, dramatise an issue on a public domain purely for entertainment.

The presenter and the BBC seem to have clearly already realised and such stated facts surrounding the issue, during the program;

• Sikhs do not serve judgement on others.
• To partake in a Sikh Marriage Ceremony (to accept Guru Ji’s Hukam read during the ceremony)…you must have accepted the faith.

The Sikh Awareness Society has been inundated with emails, calls and personal messages regarding a program to be aired on BBC Asian Network on Monday 11^th March 2013, titled “Sikh Wedding Crashers”, a program covering issues under the opening paragraph of

“Mixed marriages are on the increase, but some Sikh couples face threats…

…Gurdwara where they dreamt of getting married reluctant to perform ceremonies”

The very heading is defamatory, and negatively suggestive about practising Sikhs all over the world. This based on facts already uncovered by your previous program is another attempt to highlight and cause controversy and conflict within a peaceful faith.

• No couple Sikh or other should be facing threats from Sikhs; that is not the Sikh way; Sikhs have a history of selfless serving and protecting others.
• A couple who do not understand ethos and principles of a faith/institution should respectfully decline and not attempt to marry within that institute.
• Devotees and followers of an Institution or faith have justification in upholding the sanctity of their belief, principles and ethos; this should be respected by all parties, including the BBC.
• Mixed marriages between “SIKHS” have never been and cannot be “banned” from Sikh Gurdwara. In the same manner a Church or Mosque would accept a practising couple into their community.
• The Gurdwara as with every other religious faith or institution should not be seen as “just a photo opportunity to dress up”.  The religious faith or institution has the right to stop and ban such practices that are deemed disrespectful and harmful to such “CHOSEN” way of life.
• The Gurdwara presents itself in the public as a Sikh place of worship and Sikh practices. Should; such Institution / faith religion, its followers allow the Gurdwara to become a business enterprise for personal gain?

In broadcasting such programs the BBC is flouting with discrimination and singling out the Sikh community. This would again be unfair representation without facts investigated and learned from the Sikh perspective “The Guru Granth Sahib Ji” Views portrayed instead by the public based on public emotion opinion and speculation.

We humbly request you to stop such programming and practices that serve only to fuel, public animosity, lack of understanding and truth.

Sikhs hope that with better understanding and acceptance together we can eradicate the many issues facing our communities for better community cohesion and peace.

Abusers: Raja Khan, 23, (right) raped the victim while Adeeb Sultan, 27, (left) sexually abused her. The pair were jailed today for ten and five years respectively

Two men have been jailed for a total of 15 years after plying a 14-year-old girl with alcohol and drugs in return for sex.

Raja Khan, 23, raped the victim while Adeeb Sultan, 27, abused her and passed her to another man who sexually assaulted her during a five day ordeal in Birmingham.

On one occasion the men tried to force the girl to perform a sex act on a taxi driver in a bid to get a lower fare.

Last month Khan was found guilty of rape and actual bodily harm while Sultan was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a child and causing or inciting sexual activity with a child.

Today Khan, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, was jailed for 10 years while Sultan, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, was jailed for five years.

During the seven-day trial at Birmingham Crown Court, the jury heard Sultan targeted the teenager after he saw her walking down the street with a friend in July 2011.

Speaking after the case, Detective Constable Amy Bates, from West Midlands Police Public Protection Department, said: ‘Sultan offered the girls, who were missing from home, the chance to hang out with him and his friends.

‘The pair went with him and began drinking vodka on the nearby canal towpath. Some time later, she was twice raped by a man on the Dudderston Mill Road canal with Sultan facilitating the attack.’

Over the course of five days, Sultan, who called himself ‘Dibbs’, plied the girl with alcohol and drugs. In return, she was raped by Khan, and abused by other unidentified men.

Sentence: Sultan and Khan were jailed for a total of 15 years at Birmimgham Crown Court

In one frenzied attack, in which she was punched in the face, Khan said that if she refused to have sex, her friend would be raped instead.

Despite suffering horrific injuries, the victim managed to run away. A passing motorist picked her up and took her to Stechford police station.

After being treated for her injuries, the girl identified Khan as her attacker. He was also captured on CCTV in the area at the time of the original attack on July 10, 2011.

When interviewed, he claimed to have been on the phone to his girlfriend, watching TV and playing on his PlayStation at the time of the offences.

But the jury dismissed his claims after Sultan’s DNA was found on his victim’s body.

DC Bates said after the case: ‘Sultan and Khan’s crimes are truly despicable. The pair deliberately targeted a vulnerable child and sought to exploit her for their own sexual gratification and criminal gain.

‘Their offences were truly sickening and have left an indelible mark on their victim. Despite her own personal trauma, the girl had the courage to report the matter to the police.

‘She put her fears to one side to provide a comprehensive statement, pick her attackers out in an identification parade and then go on to provide detailed evidence in court.

‘Her strength of character is to be commended – particularly for someone so young. I wish her well on her road to recovery.’

Sultan was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for ten years and Khan was ordered to sign the register for life.

Both were also made the subject of a Sex Offenders Prevention Order for 10 years – preventing them from having contact with girls under the age of 16, and were disqualified from working with children.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286673/Sexual-predators-assaulted-14-year-old-girl-FIVE-DAYS-jailed-15-years.html#ixzz2MPy7jcIt

Jean Say killed his son and daughter two years ago.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said Southwark Sapphire unit in south London “encouraged” victims to withdraw allegations to boost detection rates.

The Metropolitan Police said substantial changes had been made.

The rape allegation against Say was dismissed by a detective sergeant based at Southwark, who said the circumstances did not constitute rape because the woman “consented”.

The report by the IPCC said: “There is no doubt from the evidence that the woman made an allegation of rape at Walworth police station which should have been believed and thoroughly investigated.”

The IPCC said the Southwark Sapphire squad’s approach of “failing to believe victims” was “wholly inappropriate”. It also said it was “under-performing and over-stretched”.

Deputy chairwoman of the IPCC Deborah Glass said: “There’s no doubt this was an incredibly serious, shocking incident.

“We know with all the cases that we’ve dealt with that the consequences of not dealing with allegations of rape can be extremely serious.

Regina and Rolls were stabbed in their beds

“This is yet another tragic illustration of that.”

Ninth investigation

Say, 62, a retired concierge, attacked his daughter Regina, eight, and son Rolls, 10, in their beds at his home in Southwark in 2011, while they were on a weekend access visit.

The Old Bailey heard he killed them to spite his wife who had left him. He was given a 30-year minimum term.

The case sparked a wider investigation into the work of the unit between July 2008 and September 2009, the results of which have now been published.

The IPCC has carried out five previous inquiries into Southwark Sapphire command and it is the police watchdog’s ninth investigation into the Met’s response to victims of sexual violence.

Officers promoted

Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said three Metropolitan officers who had been facing possible dismissal over a previous bungled investigation into the serial sex offender Kirk Reid, were still with the force.

Two of them, a superintendent and a detective inspector, have been promoted.

A detective sergeant is facing disciplinary proceedings for alleged gross misconduct in connection with the allegations.

In another case, Det Con Ryan Coleman-Farrow, who was based in Southwark, was jailed for 16 months in October last year for failing to investigate rape and sexual assault claims.

A second officer, based in Islington, north London, is still under criminal investigation.

In total 19 officers from across London have been disciplined, including three who have been sacked.

A Met Police spokesman said: “We have for some time acknowledged that previous investigation of rape and serious sexual assault in the MPS was below standard.

“The activities identified in this report came during that era and highlight specific issues within Southwark which resulted in unacceptable actions by local officers.

“It is as a result of such failings that we have made substantial changes to the investigation of rape and serious sexual assault, both in terms of structure and revised working practices.”

More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21586786

The witness, now 19, was giving evidence at the trial of nine men accused of grooming children and exploiting them for sex in Oxford.

She said she was raped by Mohammed Karrar in 2005 when she was 11. She had gone to a flat “to chill” and said she was given drink and drugs, then raped.

The men deny 51 charges including rape and trafficking from 2004 to 2012.

In court the witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she fell in love with Mr Karrar and thought they were in a relationship.

‘No choice’

“At the time I thought it was my choice and it was fine, but years on I can see I never had a choice,” she said.

“He told me he loved me. He said he would take me to Saudi Arabia when I was 15 and marry me.

“I believed him at the time.”

She said she was also introduced to other men and told to perform sex acts on them.

The witness is one of six alleged victims in the case and, like one of the others, she claimed she was forced to have an illegal abortion in a back-room in Reading.

The trial is expected to last until April. The defendants are all in custody.

The defendants are:

• Kamar Jamil, 27, formerly of Aldrich Road, Oxford
• Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, Oxford; and his brother
• Anjum Dogar, 30, of Tawney Street, Oxford
• Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashurst Way, Oxford
• Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford; and his brother
• Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford
• Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Oxford
• Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Oxford
• Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead

More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-21523879

Posts which could identify the teens’ age or location should only appear in searches by friends and “friends of friends” in the same age group.

If an adult were to search for “single females aged 17″, for example, no results would appear, it explained.

Facebook said it was strict about its rules regarding age.

If it had cause for concern about the age of any user – whether it thought they might be older or younger than claimed – it said it would suspend the suspect account and only reactivate it after seeing official government identification.

It added that anyone aged under-17 could not share any of their posts publicly, and all location services were switched off by default, although they could be activated if the young person chose.

Search test

Facebook launched a test version of its search feature in January and it is currently limited to select users who have set English (US) as their language.

The move has raised privacy concerns. One blog has gained fame for showing how the tool can be used to carry out potentially embarrassing searches, such as “current employees of Tesco who like horses”.

At the search facility’s launch event the social network said it would take steps to protect its youngest users. The new restrictions - announced in a blog post - aim to fulfil this promise.

In a social graph test carried out on the BBC’s behalf, an adult searched for a specific school. The results only brought up accounts which appeared to belong to adults who had once attended, and over-17s who were still pupils.

Mark Little, principal analyst at research firm Ovum, told the BBC at the time that he was “underwhelmed” by the search facility but could see commercial potential in it.

“I think it’s going to help drive connections within the network between individuals and between companies and pages,” he said.

“If you are increasing connections between friends and pages you are effectively increasing the reach of advertisers.”

more info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21472219

1. The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun! , braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.
2.  The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women who’s clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing.
3.  They also look for women using their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.
4.  The number one place women are abducted from / attacked at is grocery store parking lots.
5. Number two is office parking lots/garages.
6. Number three is public restrooms.
7.  The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to a second location where they don’t have to worry about getting caught.
8.  If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged - because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn’t worth it because it will be time-consuming.
9. These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands.
10.  Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you’re not worth it.

POINTS THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER:

1. If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: can’t believe it is so cold out here, we’re in for a bad winter. Now that you’ve seen their faces and could identify them in a line- up, you lose appeal as a target.
2. If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell Stop or Stay back! Most of the rapists this man talked to said they’d leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.
3.  If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes,) yelling I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.
4.  If someone grabs you, you can’t beat them with strength but you can do it by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and armpit or in the upper inner thigh – HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it really hurts.
5. After the initial hit, always go for the groin. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy’s parts it is extremely painful. You might think that you’ll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor is that they want a woman who will not cause him a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble, and he’s out of there.
6.  When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.
7. Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd behaviour, don’t dismiss it, go with your instincts. You may feel little silly at the time, but you’d feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.

FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE AS WELL ….

I know you are smart enough to know these pointers but there will be some, where you will go “hmm I must remember that” After reading, forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. 1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do it.
2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans : if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you…. chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won’t see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their chequebook, or making a list, etc. DON’T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side,put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU CLOSE the DOORS , LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
   1. Be aware: look around your car as someone may be hiding at the passenger side , peek into your car, inside the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. ( DO THIS TOO BEFORE RIDING A TAXI CAB) .
   2. If you! u are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
   3. Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked “for help” into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

The defendants, none have whom has yet entered a plea, were remanded back into custody following yesterday’s hearing at Leicester Magistrates’ Court.

At their two previous court appearances, an order was imposed banning publication of their names, addresses and dates of birth.

The Mercury, however, has successfully challenged this order, which was removed yesterday by District Judge John Temperley.

Aabidali Mubarak Ali (39), of Guthlaxton Street, Highfields, Leicester, is charged with two counts of arranging or facilitating the prostitution of a child aged 13 to 17, two counts of trafficking persons within the UK for sexual exploitation and two counts of paying for the sexual services of a girl aged 16. He is also charged with controlling a child aged 13 to 17 in prostitution.

Rakib Iacub (20), of Maynard Road, Highfields, Leicester, faces two charges of trafficking for sexual exploitation and four further charges – inciting child prostitution, controlling a child in prostitution, paying for sexual services and arranging or facilitating prostitution of a child.

Hamza Imtiazali (27), of Kashmir Road, Belgrave, Leicester, is charged with trafficking, arranging the prostitution of a child and two counts of paying for sexual services.

Bharat Modhwadia (25), of Wycombe Road, Humberstone, Leicester, is charged with trafficking, arranging the prostitution of a child and paying for sexual services.

Wajid Usman (22), of no fixed abode, is charged with trafficking and paying for sexual services. They were remanded into custody until a committal hearing when the case will be sent to a Crown Court.

A sixth defendant in the case, Chandresh Mistry (37), of Berridge Lane, Belgrave, Leicester, appeared before city magistrates on Friday, February 1, charged with causing or persuading a child aged 16 to become a prostitute.

No plea was entered and no order banning publication of his details was made.

Mistry, who did not appear in court yesterday, had his conditional bail extended until March 6.

Read more: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Child-exploitation-case-ndash-court/story-18100272-detail/story.html#ixzz2KiOfHeQ3