The Derby child sex abuse ring was a group of men who sexually abused up to a hundred girls in Derby , England. Nine of the 13 accused were convicted of grooming and raping girls between 12 and 18 years old.
The thirteen men lived throughout Derby and the police believed they met through a shared attraction for young girls. The victims, aged between 12 and 18, were predominantly vulnerable girls from troubled backgrounds, and some of them were in care and known to social services. Derby police were aware of rumours of a paedophile gang operating in the city. On 24 April , two distressed teenagers stumbled out of a flat that was under surveillance and said that they had been raped.
The victims told the police of other girls who had been assaulted, and the police soon discovered a campaign of systematic grooming and abuse within the city. Detective Inspector of Derbyshire police, Shaun Dawson, said, "When we arrested them, we had no idea of the scale of this.
Once we had them locked up other victims spoke out and it snowballed from there. The crown prosecution service charged the gang with 75 charges relating to twenty six girls, ranging from rape to intimidating witnesses, [3] though police believed there were many more victims. The men were charged in three separate trials. Abid Mohammed Saddique was jailed for a minimum of 11 years; Mohammed Romaan Liaqat for a minimum of 8 years.
Three other men were jailed during the investigation, but for charges of perverting the court of justice and cocaine supply [6]. This case occurred after other incidents in Rochdale , Preston and Rotherham , where Asian gangs, mostly British Pakistani men, had been convicted of child grooming and rape.
