Teenage girl was told alleged abuse "normal", Old Bailey heard (From Oxford Mail)

Teenage girl was told alleged abuse "normal", Old Bailey heard

2:55pm Friday 8th February 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427

AN alleged child prostitution victim was told "everyone was doing it" by her abusers, the Old Bailey heard this morning.

The witness, known as Girl 3, said she was told as a young teen it was "normal" to have sex and perform sex acts on men.

She claims she was abused by brothers Akhtar and Anjum Dogar, brothers Mohammed and Bassam Karrar, and Assad Hussain between the ages of 12 and 15.

The charges include rape, child prostitution, and sex trafficking.

She said the Dogar brothers would give her neat vodka and brandy and take her to the Nanford Guest House to have sex with Asian men.

They also gave her cocaine and cannabis, she said.

She said: "I was told it was normal and everyone was doing it."

The woman, now 20, said the men would refer to her as "ours", adding: "I felt like I was owned by these men."

She said she didn't want to have sex but felt she could not refuse.

And she said the "customers" treated her badly. She said: "I wasn't anything. I was just someone there to abuse. They were just laughing at me.

"I knew I was being used but that was okay because it was just how it was meant to be."

The girl knew Akhtar as "Spider" and Anjum as "Jammy", the court heard.

She described how she was at home with her mum when "Spider" called and told her to meet him.

She refused and he threatened to kill her, the court heard.

The teenager met him in a black car parked near her house. "Jammy" was sitting next to him in the passenger seat, she said.

They forced her to perform a sex act on a a man in the back seat, the court heard. After she said she saw the man handing over money.

She said: "I remember sitting on the side of the street crying."

The witness said at the time of the abuse she was "scared of herself".

She said: "I was angry and aggressive. I felt I had an addiction I couldn't control."

The witness said a man called "Ali", who was a dog fighter and worked for the council, had sex with her aged 15 and gave her crack cocaine.

She later identified this man as Assad Hussain.

She said Mohammed Karrar once took her to a home in Leon Close where she was "literally fed drugs".

Akhtar Dogar's barrister Andrew Jefferies told the court his client was not "Spider" and the witness had mistakenly identified him.

But Girl 3 said: "That's not true."

The nine men accused of running a child sex exploitation gang in Oxford deny all 79 charges.

The trial continues.

 

The accused all deny the charges. They are:
- Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldrich Road, Summertown, Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and one of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies six rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Anjum Dogar, 30, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies four rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, three of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to rape and three of sexual activity with a child.
- Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies seven rapes, four charges of conspiracy to rape, an alternative charge of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child, two of trafficking for sexual exploitation, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, assault, conspiracy to assault, using an instrument to procure a miscarriage, and supplying a Class A drug to another.
- Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Cowley, Oxford, denies three rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two charges of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to assault.
- Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, denies rape, conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child, and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, denies two charges of conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and two charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead, denies conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child and sexual activity with a child.