A DAD-OF-THREE accused of sexually exploiting girls in Oxford told the Old Bailey this afternoon he had never hurt anyone.

Kamar Jamil is the first of the nine defendants to take the witness stand in the trial of an alleged child sex gang that targeted vulnerable girls.

The married 27-year-old denies raping the alleged victim known as Girl 1 when she was aged between 13 and 15. He also denies trafficking and selling her for sex. He denies raping Girl 2 in 2006 when she was 14.

He said: "I haven't done nothing wrong at all. This is not me."

When prosecutor Noel Lucas asked him about the abuse of Girl 1, he said: "I have never even done anything like this or even hurt anyone."

And when Mr Lucas asked him about an alleged incident in Shotover Wood when Girl 1 was threatened and raped by Jamil and brothers Akhtar and Anjum Dogar, he said: "I would never do something like that. That is evil."

And he later said: "I am not sure where these girls have got this from."

All the defendants deny all 66 charges against them.

The trial continues.

Nine defendents deny 66 charges. They are:

 

- Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldrich Road, Summertown, Oxford, denies five rapes, two charges of conspiracy to rape, one of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and one of trafficking for sexual exploitation.

- Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies five rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.

 

- Anjum Dogar, 31, of Tawney Street, East Oxford, denies three rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.

- Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford, denies rape and two charges of sexual activity with a child.

 

- Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Cowley Road, Oxford, denies seven rapes, four charges of conspiracy to rape, two of trafficking for sexual exploitation, two of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, serious sexual assault, conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child, using an instrument to procure a miscarriage, and supplying a Class A drug to another.

- Bassam Karrar, 33, of no fixed address, denies three rapes, three charges of conspiracy to rape, two charges of arranging or facilitating child prostitution, and trafficking for sexual exploitation.

 

- Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Cowley, Oxford, denies three charges of sexual activity with a child.

- Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Wood Farm, Oxford, denies two charges of sexual activity with a child.

 

- Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead, denies sexual activity with a child.