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After her torturers were finally caught, the youngster was forced to relive her agony in the witness box

Dad of six tried to rape girl in his car 

AN Oldham cabbie has been jailed for eight years after being convicted of trying to rape a young girl in the back of his car. 

A court heard that father of six Tamur Yaqub forcibly dragged the 15 year old into his private-hire taxi after spotting her walking home in January 2012. 

The 32 year old, who worked for Oldham-based Cartax, was off duty at the time and claimed they made eye contact as he passed her. 

He stopped and said she came over and they had a conversation through the open window. He maintained she willingly got into the car. 

A Manchester Crown Court jury found him guilty of attempted rape, though was unable to reach a verdict on a second charge of kidnap. 

Judge Jeffrey Lewis told him: “I have not the slightest hesitation in rejecting your assertion that she got into your car voluntarily.” 

He said that version of events contained “not a shred of truth.” 

“You used considerable force against a girl who was no match for you. You subjected her to degradation and you have shown not the slightest remorse.” 

Yaqub, whose family lives in St Thomas Street, Oldham, said the girl had told him he could do what he liked to her if he paid her £5. 

He said he took her to an address and they had consensual sex before he dropped her off close to her home. 

He said he believed she was aged about 20, and said she had acted “like a prostitute”. 

The girl said she had been dragged into his car, where he attempted to rape her after driving to a secluded area. 

During two long police interviews Yaqub had denied the girl had even been in the car, though later changed his story.

This week, the Conservatives have been working themselves into another Euro frenzy. But this has masked a more significant – and dark – mood that has settled over Ed Miliband and his troops.

A fresh analysis of the 2011 census has shown that Christian faith in the UK is declining rapidly amongst the British-born population, whilst belief in Islam has dramatically increased.

Labour councillor Eleanor Jackson insisted it could still cause upset to Muslims - and officials in Radstock, Somerset, agreed with her proposal not to buy a new St George's flag.

ONE of the young victims of the Oxford child sex ring has accused Oxfordshire County Council of “ignoring” her and her family.

Detectives were convinced Sir Cyril Smith was a serial paedophile 42 years ago – only for prosecutors to dismiss the case THREE times.

Our investigation has revealed how police compiled an 80-page dossier of evidence in 1970 in which the former MP was accused of molesting eight boys.

In a covering note, the senior investigating officer wrote that it was ‘impossible to excuse’ the conduct of Smith, who had ‘used his unique position to indulge in a sordid series of indecent episodes with young boys to whom he had a special responsibility’.

The case was rejected by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which claimed in a terse one-page response that the allegations were ‘completely without corroboration’ and that the ‘character of some of these young men would be likely to render their evidence suspect’.

It was one of three occasions on which prosecutors sent back police files after ruling Smith, who died in 2010, should NOT be charged for child sex offences.

We can also reveal the evidence of a new victim, who had told how he was subject to sexual abuse at the hands of the 30-stone politician in Knowl View, a council-run school for vulnerable boys in Rochdale.

It is the first time Smith has been accused of molesting children at the school, which closed in 1992 in the wake of separate allegations of sexual and physical abuse. The victim, Chris Marshall, says he was just seven or eight when then-MP Smith – known among the pupils as ‘the fat man’– forced him to perform sickening sex acts.

Victim of Cyril Smith: ‘He took me into this flat. He was on the bed and another kid was there too’

Greater Manchester Police: Former Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith DID sexually abuse boys

A total of 12 men have come forward claiming to have suffered abuse at the hands of the politician, who was knighted in 1988. Most of the allegations relate to Cambridge House, a hostel for deprived boys opened by Smith in 1962.

Detectives confirmed for the first time last night that they believed Smith WAS a predatory paedophile – and say there would be a ‘very realistic’ prospect of prosecution if he were alive today. As long ago as 1969, Lancashire Police were convinced Smith was molesting youngsters at Cambridge House.

Eight boys had made a series of strikingly similar allegations about his behaviour, saying he molested them under the guise of medical examinations and ‘discipline’. We have learned that Smith, when interviewed by detectives, said he was legally in charge of the youngsters and entitled to dole out ‘corporal punishment’.

But on the covering note of the 80-page evidence file, submitted the following year, the investigating officer concluded: "Prima facie, he appears guilty of numerous offences of indecent assault." Despite the certainty of detectives, an official at the DPP’s office – the forerunner of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) – replied in a brief letter to the chief constable there was no ‘reasonable prospect of a conviction’. The CPS admitted last night they would have made a different decision if presented with the same evidence today.

Police tried again to refer the file to prosectors in 1998, while investigating abuse in children’s homes across the region under the banner of Operation Cleopatra. But the CPS, which had by that point replaced the DPP, said that, while there was ‘sufficient’ evidence to prosecute, the law stated it wouldn’t be fair to Smith to overturn a decision made nearly three decades before.

The following year, the police AGAIN referred the evidence file to the CPS after another victim came forward, saying he had been abused by Smith in the 1960s. The CPS concluded that, since the allegations were so old – and since the victim had later asked Smith for a favour – there was ‘insufficient evidence’ to bring charges.

GMP, who have been investigating the allegations against Smith in conjunction with Lancashire Police, said it was ‘right and proper’ to acknowledge the suffering of his victims.

Steve Heywood, assistant chief constable of GMP, said: "This has been a very complex inquiry and I hope people understand why it has taken some time before we were in a position to comment publicly.

"It was very important that we examined all our records very carefully so we could be certain what involvement we had in investigating allegations against such a high-profile figure. We are now in a position to say that, on three separate occasions, files were passed to first the DPP and then the CPS containing details of abuse committed by Smith, but on each occasion no prosecution was pursued.

"Having now reviewed those decisions, we believe that if the same evidence was presented to the CPS today, there is a very realistic prospect Smith would have been charged with a number of indecent assaults, and that the case would have been brought to trial.

"Clearly, that is a bold statement to make but it is absolutely important for those victims who were abused by Smith that we publicly acknowledge the suffering they endured.

"Although Smith cannot be charged or convicted posthumously, from the overwhelming evidence we have it is right and proper that we should publicly recognise young boys were sexually and physically abused, and we will offer them as much support as they need should they wish to speak to us."

Rochdale MP, Simon Danczuk, said "What has become clear is that Cyril Smith should have been prosecuted. In both the 1960s and 1990s the police believed there was sufficient evidence to prosecute him for sexual abuse. We now know the CPS failed to act on police officers’ recommendations on three occasions.

"In the last week, I have met with senior police officers. They were in no doubt Smith should have been put in the dock and they wanted the victims to know this."

Sir Cyril’s brother Norman Smith said: "The Smith family is deeply saddened by and concerned about the allegations made so long after Sir Cyril’s death and at a time when he is no longer able to defend himself. Sir Cyril’s unwavering position was that there was no case to answer."

Rochdale council has confirmed it was going back through its files on Knowl View.

Victim of Cyril Smith: ‘He took me into this flat. He was on the bed and another kid was there too’

Greater Manchester Police: Former Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith DID sexually abuse boys

CYRIL SMITH TIMELINE:

1952: Smith becomes Labour councillor for Rochdale
1962: Smith opens Cambridge House, a hostel for deprived boys
1966: Smith is made mayor of Rochdale
1969: Lancashire Constabulary investigate claims Smith abused eight young boys at Cambridge House; detectives strongly believe he is paedophile
1970: Director of Public Prosecutions rejects police file, suggesting the boys’ ‘character’ could make their evidence ‘suspect’
1972: Smith becomes Liberal MP for Rochdale, having changed his political allegiance
1979: Rochdale Alternative Press reports testimonies of Cambridge House victims. Smith issues libel writ, but does not sue.
1979: Chris Marshall allegedly abused by Smith in Knowl View, a school for vulnerable boys
1988: Smith knighted
1992: Smith retires as MP
1997: Smith investigated by GMP as part of Operation Cleopatra. A further alleged victim comes forward.
1998: Crown Prosecution Service rejects file for second time.
1999: A further victim comes forward. CPS declines to bring charges for a third time, due to ‘insufficient evidence’.
2010: Smith dies
2012: GMP and Lancashire police reopen their file and confirm they believe Smith was a paedophile

The following is an article in the Rochdale Observer as far back as 2007

Compensation bid over ordeal at Knowl View - September 01, 2007

FORMER pupils of Knowl View School have come forward to speak out about the abuse they endured there more than 20 years ago.

This comes after fellow pupil Michael Seed, friend and priest to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, wrote of the sexual abuse in his book ‘Nobody’s Child’ .

The men now plan to apply under the Freedom of Information Act for reports made at the time, in the hope of seeking compensation through the courts.

One former pupil approached the Observer to tell of the abuse he received at the time and how it ruined his life.

The man – who asked to remain anonymous – attended the school for boys with learning and behavioural difficulties in the 1980s. He said he was abused by fellow pupils and, when this was brought to the attention of staff, he was told to keep quiet.

He said: “The first night I was there the boys all stripped naked and jumped on me. This was when I told my mother,

“She was told that boys would be boys and it would be sorted. But from that moment on I was victimised.

“I tried to talk about what was happening and got told to stop lying or I would regret it.

“Something should be done about it, even after all this time, because it was a nightmare.”

He added that the abuse has had a detrimental effect on him since leaving Knowl View, saying: “This has totally ruined my life.”

A second man said he was physically assaulted while at the school in the 1980s. As a result of his ordeal he tried to take his own life.

He said: “I tried to run away, but I never told my mum why I didn’t want to go back.

“I was stripped naked in the gym hall as a humiliation tactic so I wouldn’t try to escape again.

“In another incident I was beaten up in my dormitory and hit my head on the sink.

“Nobody should have to experience that sort of thing. This can’t be swept under the carpet – something has to be done for other victims as well.”

His mother said she felt guilty for making him attend Knowl View. She said: “That guilt turns to anger at the people who let this happen. He was told he needed to be at that school and when he kept running away I took him back kicking and sobbing.

“When the allegations surfaced, it was all brushed over.”

She added: “More than anything I want this to be out in the open. Somebody needs to be held accountable for what happened.”

http://menmedia.co.uk/rochdaleobserver/news/s/1015186_compensation_bid_over_ordeal_at_knowl_view

The mother (pictured) of two members of the gang, brothers Akhtar Dogar, 32, ad Anjum Dogar, 31, has claimed one of the victims was not 'pressurised' by her abusers.

She said: 'Nobody can feel sorry for them unless they're sorry themselves.
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Covered in flour, they clamber from a foreign lorry – to the amazement of other motorists on a busy motorway.

This is the moment that at least nine suspected illegal immigrants emerged from their hiding place after smuggling themselves into the UK.

The gang brazenly strolled off into the English countryside. And although all were caught within minutes, almost half were immediately set free. They were even taken to a hostel, given free accommodation and told how to apply for asylum and benefits.

What a god-awful mess this country has got itself into over multiculturalism, and once again our fear of racism will lead to the betrayal of hundreds of young girls

A flypast over a reservoir in Derbyshire commemorates 70 years since the Dambusters destroyed key targets in World War II.

By Karl Foulkes - An ex-taxi driver and fast food worker who paid to have sex with a Shropshire schoolgirl has been sentenced for a paltry two and a half years imprisonment at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Mohammed Islam Choudhrey was thought to have paid over £600 to the teenager in the course of a just a few months.

He had admitted a charge of paying for the sexual services of a child between January and December, 2009.

Judge Michael Challinor told Choudhrey that he had ‘cynically used the young girl for sexual purposes’.

He stated Choudhrey’s actions had been relentless and the harm to the Telford teenager was enormous.

Incredibly Judge Challinor believed that Choudhrey was not part of the usual filthy Muslim predatory gang and that he had actually been KIND to the victim !

The judge said “But the offence is serious and the age difference makes you dangerous to young girls who must be protected,”

Choudhrey, of Solway Drive, Sutton Hill, Telford, was made the subject of a Sex Offences Protection Order for the next seven years.

The judge directed that a second accusation of paying the girl for sex should lie on the file.
Miss Deborah Gould, prosecuting, said that Choudhrey’s plea portrayed a prolonged course of conduct over a period of several months.

She said that Choudhrey met the vulnerable girl, when she was 16 and he would shower her with food, alcohol and cannabis and that the teenager had already been heavily abused by two other men who were manipulating her and using her as a prostitute.
Choudhrey then became a client, paying £50 each time.

Defence for Choudhrey, Mr Denis Desmond said his client had not corrupted the girl and had treated her well and gave her gifts. The money came at later dates.

He said Choudhrey had been oblivious that the other men were getting the cash from the girl.

Mr Desmond said that as a consequence of the case Choudhrey had been disowned by his family and ostracised by the local Muslim community.