Takeaway restaurants where sick ‘Three Girls’ Rochdale grooming gang launched terrifying attacks on children revealed
THESE are the takeaways where the evil Rochdale grooming gang carried out sickening assaults on dozens of young girls.
Tasty Bites and the Balti House in Heywood, Greater Manchester, were owned by members of the sex ring throughout their campaign of rape and abuse.
They used them as hideouts where they believed they could get away with preying on vulnerable young white girls, seen by the groomers as "easy meat".
Plying them with alcohol and subjecting them to degrading abuse, victims were helpless to defend themselves against obscene acts of rape and violence.
"Ringleader" Shabir Ahmed, who was convicted to 19 years in prison in 2012, used Tasty Bites as his personal den of cruelty.
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After being found guilty of 30 counts of rape, one of his victims — who herself was forced to drink vodka before being attacked at the restaurant — said: "I'm just glad people can know what he’s done".
The takeaways, which are all under new management today, will feature in a new BBC One drama based on the sickening child sex gang.
Three Girls will also shed a light on the shameful lack of response from authorities who for years turned a blind eye to the abuse — out of ineptitude, lack of communication and fear of being branded racist.
In May 2012, nine men — Adil Khan, Mohammed Amin, Abdul Rauf, Mohammed Sajid, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Qayyum, Hamid Safi, Kabeer Hassanwere and Shabir Ahmed — were convicted of numerous child sex crimes.
Three Girls began on BBC One at 9pm last night.
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