Teen "smoke and drank" with alleged abusers while pregnant, Old Bailey hears (From Oxford Mail)

Teen "smoke and drank" with alleged abusers while pregnant, Old Bailey hears

4:22pm Friday 8th February 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427

A TEEN smoked crack and drank heavily with a child sex exploitation gang while heavily pregnant, the Old Bailey has heard this afternoon.

The witness, known as Girl 3, said she had sex with a man called "Ali", smoked crack cocaine and drank tequila while she was pregnant.

She said it happened around her 16th birthday.

She told the jury: "It didn't seem to be a problem to anybody - including me."

The witness, now 20, identified "Ali" as Assad Hussain, the court heard.

Hussain's barrister Mark George said she had mistakenly identified him but she denied this.

The nine defendants, accused of running a child sex 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.