The six members of the Aylesbury child abuse ring were sentenced to their fate at the Old Bailey for the crimes they committed between 2006 and 2012. The group groomed vulnerable under-age girls and today was convicted of multiple rape of a child under 13, child prostitution and administering a substance to pacify the girls in order to engage in sexual activities. The six of them were jailed for a total of 82 years.
Vikram Singh, from Aylesbury was told by Judge Bevan that he bore a "heavy responsibility" for the "degradation" of Child A and was jailed for a total of 17 and a half years. Asif Hussain, from Milton Keynes, was convicted of three counts of rape was sentenced to 13 and a half years, Arshad Jani, Aylesbury, received 13 years for rape and conspiracy to rape, Mohammad Imran, from Bradford, was convicted of three counts of rape, one count of conspiracy to rape and one count of child prostitution was jailed for 19-and-a-half years.
Akbari Khan, from Aylesbury, was jailed for 16 years and Taimoor Khan, from Aylesbury, was sentenced to three years in prison for one count of sexual activity with a child.There were two victims of the mens crimes and most of the offenses charged were related to child A, while three were related to child B. Both the girls had been vulnerable, coming from troubled backgrounds and befriended older Asian men who showered them with inexpensive presents in exchange for sexual favours. The prosecutor Oliver Saxby QC said that the girls' ideas of what was right had been "completely distorted" and they thought thatwhat was happening was "normal" and "natural".
Judge John Bevan QC said: "She sought friendship amongst Asian males since their 20s and for the price of a McDonald's, a milkshake and cinema ticket, she became 'liked' by stall holders in Aylesbury market, taxi and bus drivers. By the age of 13 she was sexually experienced, confusing sexual gratification for friendship and love."
After the sentencing Child B, who is also suing the Buckinghamshire County Council for negligence, issued a statement saying that “no sentence could put in right what had happened” but expressed that lessons could be learned from this case to prevent it from happening in the future.
