An Asian man was part of a group of nine men who have been convicted of sex offences against a youngster who was pimped out in Birmingham's gay red light district after running away from care in Leicestershire.
Tahir Hussain (34) from Birmingham was alleged to have acted as a pimp, was cleared of charges of arranging or facilitating his prostitution, but convicted of sexual activity and penetrative sexual activity with him. He appeared in the dock at Warwick Crown Court with 11 other men who between them were accused of more than 50 sex offences against the boy in 2009 and 2010.
Others convicted included Stephen Kelly who had befriended the youngster at New Street station, and had sold him for sex with other men, was found guilty of two charges of arranging or facilitating the prostitution of the boy and one of sexual activity in the presence of a child.
Peter Joynes (58) was also convicted of arranging the prostitution of the boy and a charge of sexual activity with him. Former Warwickshire Police special constable Ronald Potter (78) was convicted of two charges of indecently assaulting another boy some years earlier, in 2002.
Ian Prestleton (54) was found guilty of sexual activity with the main victim whilst Alan Priest (63) and Ashley Sherrington (24), all from Birmingham, were both found guilty of raping and orally raping the boy. Priest was also convicted of penetrative sexual activity with him.
Robert Bailey (27) from Birmingham and Michael Godbold (57) from London, were both found guilty of arranging or facilitating the boy's prostitution, sexual activity in the presence of a child, penetrative sexual activity with the boy and making indecent photographs of him.
Kevan Tudor (55) from Birmingham, was cleared of raping the boy, having pleaded guilty before the trial to arranging or facilitating his prostitution and two charges of penetrative sexual activity with him.
