Twelve men have been put on trial after being accused of they were accused of multiple sex offences against a muslim girl, aged 13.
The accused are all from Leeds and are aged between 20 and 41. They have been accused of rape and sexual activity with a child.
The prosecutor, Michelle Colbourne, QC, informed Leeds Crown Court that each of the accused were aware that the girl was under the age of consent.
The court was told that after the victim met one of the accused abusers, Ali Zaman (24), she received many text messages, Facebook messages and phone calls asking her to perform sexual acts on men.
Michelle Colbourne further told the court that the teenage girl “thought she was in control of the situation but she was clearly not”.
Ali Zaman was not present at the start of the trail. However, he will be appearing with Zafar Iqbal (41), Farahk Younis (23), Abid Younis (35), Arshid Younis (30), Asif Khan (20), Shazabe Hussain (20), Tariq Islam (31), Junaid Rashid (22), Nasir Sultan (24), Awais Butt (22), and Zehn Mahmood (20) as the trial continues.
