VIDEO: Reaction to conviction of Rotherham child sex grooming gang

Five people have this afternoon been found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of a range of child sexual exploitation offences which took place in Rotherham.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Feb 2016, 14:03 BST
Updated 24th Feb 2016, 14:05 BST
(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe
(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe

Brothers Arshid and Basharat Hussain were found guilty of multiple rapes and indecent assaults of teenagers in the South Yorkshire town.

A third brother, Bannaras Hussain, 36, admitted 10 charges including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at the beginning of the trial.

(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe
(l-r) Head of CPS Yorkshire and Humberside Peter Mann, Senior Investigating Officer Martin Tate and Director of Children Services with Rotherham Council Ina Thomas, give a statement after the verdict of the Rotherham Sex Abuse Trial. Picture: Andrew Roe
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Brothers Majid Bostan, 37 and Sajid Bostan, 38, were cleared of all charges at Sheffield Crown Court.

Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40, were found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment.

After the conclusion of the trial South Yorkshire Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and Rotherham Council gave statements to the media outside the crown court.

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