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Officer in court over conspiracy to manage a brothel

Published by ITV
14th May 2013


West Midlands
A West Midlands Police officer is due to appear in court today, charged with misconduct in a public office.

Thirty-five-year-old Osman Iqbal is accused of conspiracy to manage a brothel, conspiracy to money launder and conspiracy to possess a Class A drug with intent to supply.
 
Osman, who lives in Birmingham, was among ten defendants -– seven men and three women – who were sent by Nuneaton magistrates for trial at Warwick Crown Court.

He is currently suspended from duty.

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Oxford sex gang: girls as young as 11 'forced into prostitution'

Published in The Telegraph
14th May 2013


Oxfordshire
Seven members of a child sex ring have been found guilty of forcing under age girls to commit acts of "extreme depravity".  Their victims, aged between 11 and 15, were groomed and plied with alcohol and hard drugs before being sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution. Girls who were seen as "out of control" youngsters were deliberately targeted.

Abuse sessions would go on for days and involve the use of knives, meat cleavers and baseball bats. One was even forced to undergo an illegal abortion at a backstreet clinic when she fell pregnant by one of her tormentors.

Two sets of brothers, Akhtar Dogar, 32, and Anjum Dogar, 31, and Mohammed Karrar, 38, and Bassam Karrar, 33, were convicted along with Kamar Jamil, 27, Assad Hussain, 32, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 27.  Fighting broke out in the dock at the Old Bailey after two other defendants - Mohammed Hussain and a man who cannot be named for legal reasons - were cleared.

The seven men found guilty of offences against the six girls were remanded in custody for sentencing next month.

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New Southgate men charged in prostitution probe due in court

Published in The Enfield Independent
13th May 2013


London
Two men charged with trafficking women into the UK for prostitution are due to appear in court on Friday.
 
Hungarian nationals Attila Kovacs, 32, of Highview Gardens, New Southgate, and Peter Berki, of Telford Road, New Southgate, appeared at Croydon Crown Court last month as part of an investigation into sex trafficking.
 
They were remanded in custody to reappear at the Old Bailey, where they could enter their pleas.
 
Both men were arrested on January 30 with conspiracy to traffic people within and into the country for sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to control prostitution for gain.

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