Nine men have been found guilty of sexual offences in a grooming trial at Bradford Crown Court.
Basharat Khaliq, 38, Saeed Akhtar, 55, his brother Naveed Akhtar, 43, Parvaze Ahmed, 36, Izar Hussain, 32, Zeeshan Ali, 32, Keiran Harris, 28, Fahim Iqbal, also 28, and Mohammed Usman, 31, were found guilty of 24 charges – including rape and causing or inciting child prostitution.
The jury took 26 hours to deliver the unanimous verdicts following a trial that began in January.
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