A grooming gang ringleader who raped two schoolgirls in Rochdale has been jailed for 35 years.Mohammed Zahid, 65, known as Boss Man, gave the girls free underwear from his market stall, expecting regular sex for him and his friends in return.
The father-of-three, who showed a “chilling disregard” for the girls, was one of seven men convicted in June of committing a raft of sexual offences between 2001 and 2006. Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, Kasir Bashir, 50, Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 49, Nisar Hussain, 41 and Roheez Khan, 39, also received lengthy prison sentences at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court.
The court heard how the girls were sexually exploited from the age of 13 in filthy flats, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses in the Greater Manchester town.
Referred to as Girl A and Girl B, they were treated as “sex slaves” and expected to “have sex with the men whenever and wherever they wanted”. Both girls, who were not known to each other, had “deeply troubled home lives” and were plied with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes and given places to stay by the men, the court was told.
Real sentences for these scume, whose sexually deptaved actions shatterd the lives of two young girls. It has not gone unnoticed that the victims were white.
The members of the Rochdale grooming gang are off to prison now, for a very long time. I am sure they will be warmly greeted by fellow inmates. This must never be allowed to happen again. The sins of Rochdale Council of ignoring these actions for fear of racism accusations, have resulted in THIS, horrendous situation.
Mohammed Zahid, 65, known as Boss Man is behind bars and will die there (hopefully).
