Teenager "punched man who asked for sex", Old Bailey hears (From Oxford Mail)

Teenager "punched man who asked for sex", Old Bailey hears

5:29pm Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News By Ben Wilkinson, Crime Reporter. Call me on (01865) 425427

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl today insisted she had punched a man in the face when he asked her for sex.

The witness was being questioned by defence barristers in the Oxford sex exploitation trial at the Old Bailey. But Day 29 of the trial was largely taken up by legal procedures.

Known as Girl 5 as she cannot be named, she claims she had sex with four of the nine defendants between the ages of 12 and 14.

The crimes are said to have been committed between January 2009 and January last year by Assad and Mohammed Hussain, and Zeeshan and Bilal Ahmed.

The teen told the court on Monday she had seen defendant Akhtar Dogar with the gang and she hit him when he asked her for sex.

Andrew Jefferies, defending Akhtar Dogar, agreed the witness may have seen his client in the Cowley Road area.

But he said: "The only dispute between us is this, it's not accepted that Akhtar had asked you for sex. But you say it did."

The witness said he had, but when asked if she could remember where and when the incident took place she said she could not remember.

And Mr Jefferies added: "When you say that happened his reaction presumably was just to leave? He didn't pester or cajole you?"

The teenager said:" Yes".

When questioned by Anjum "Jammy" Dogar's barrister Lee Karu she denied being mistaken about seeing his client at the Nanford Guest House with Mohammed and Assad Hussain.

She said: "He was there."

Tomorrow the witness is expected to be cross-examined by barristers representing Assad Hussain, Mohammed Hussain, Zeeshan Ahmed and Bilal Ahmed.

All nine men in the dock deny all 79 charges against them.

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, 31, 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.