Exclusive:Girl, 14, 'scared for her life' while alone with man accused of abusing seven teenagers
“I was paralysed. I was shaking all over”
A 14-year-old girl described how a man accused of abusing seven teenagers plied her with cannabis before raping her despite her “shaking” with fear.
Two men are standing trial at Sheffield Crown Court charged with trafficking and sexually abusing seven girls aged between 12 and 15 after grooming them with alcohol, cash, drugs and e-cigarettes.
Seven girls, some of whom were known to each other, are alleged to have been targeted and abused by defendants Bawan Harwe and Sharam Muhamadi in 2024.
Today, a jury watched a police video interview one of the girls - Girl A - where she described how she “feared for her life” when alone with Harwe at a Doncaster address.
Girl A - who, along with all the alleged young victims, is entitled to lifelong anonymity - described how she first met Harwe when he gave her and a mutual male friend a lift in July 2024.
Harwe - then aged 27, and known to her as ‘Karo’ because of his Snapchat handle - bought the teenager a McDonald’s, which he paid for by pulling out a wad of money she estimated was worth over £1,000, and gave her a free e-cigarette.
However, one night at a later date, Harwe is said to have collected Girl A and another one of the alleged victims in a silver BMW and drove them to a house in Doncaster, where there was another man.
It was there Harwe allegedly smoked cannabis with the girls, and a moment came where he told the second girl to go downstairs with the other man, the court heard.
“We both said no, we said we wanted to stay together,” said Girl A.
“[The other man] looked really huffy and moody.”
Later, Harwe again told the other girl she “would be” going downstairs with the other man, but she demanded to leave.
A taxi was called and she was given £50 to leave - but Girl A was made to stay.
Girl A told later police when she asked to leave, Harwe reportedly said: “No, you’re gonna stay here with me.”
Girl A said: “He pushed me onto a bed. Not with much power but enough to make me fall backwards.
“I was alone with him. I was scared for my life.”
Soon after, Harwe allegedly raped her in an incident lasting around half an hour.
“I said no and told him to get off me,” said Girl A. “He gave me a look as if to say ‘shut up.’
“I was paralysed, I was shaking all over.”
She was made to stay until the next morning, and Harwe reportedly told her to shower before she left.
The charges faced by the defendants:
As the girl described the alleged abuse, Harwe smirked in the dock and shook his head.
The incident did not involve Muhamadi, the second defendant.
The defendants are accused of a total of 21 offences between them, with both men accused of multiple counts of rape and trafficking charges.
They deny the charges.
Mr Harwe, now aged 28, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to one count of rape committed against a girl under 13 prior to the trial beginning.
He denies one further count of rape of a child under 13, along with: five counts of rape of a girl aged 13/14/15; two counts of adult meeting a girl under 16 years of age following grooming; two counts of false imprisonment and six counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view of exploitation.
Mr Muhamadi, now aged 20, of Hexthorpe Road, Doncaster, denies one count of rape of a girl aged 13/14/15; one count of rape of a girl under 13 and three counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view of exploitation.