Thirteen men have been convicted of a string of child sex crimes in Bristol involving the abuse, rape and prostitution of teenage girls.
Bristol Crown Court heard one victim, aged 16, was assaulted by five Somali men after she was moved to the city while in the care of another authority.
Her 14-year-old sister was raped by a member of the gang while visiting her.
The inquiry led to police uncovering another gang of Somali origin who had been abusing four other girls.
A statement from the Bristol Somali community said: “The community is deeply shocked and shaken by the outcome of this case. They are unforgivable acts of cruelty against the most vulnerable members of our community.”
The thirteen men, all from Bristol, were convicted of charges including rape, sexual activity with a child, facilitating child prostitution, trafficking and paying for the sexual services of a child.Tried in July and sentenced for up to 13 years in jail:Mustapha Farah, 21, Liban Abdi, 22, and Arafat Osman, 20, were each jailed for 13 years for paying for the sexual services of a child and supplying Class A drugs
Abdulahi Aden, 20, was jailed for 13 years for rape and supplying Class A drugs
Mustafa Deria, 22, was found guilty of rape and was jailed for seven-and-a-half years
Idleh Osman, 22, was jailed for 10 years for facilitating child prostitution and supplying Class A drugsTried in November and due to be sentenced on Friday:Sakariah Sheik, 21, Abdirashid Abdulahi, 21, and Jusuf Abdirizak, 20, were found guilty of rape
Mohamed Dahir, 22, was found guilty of causing child prostitution
Omar Jumale, 20, was found guilty of having sex with a child
Said Zakaria, 22 was found guilty of rape and having sex with a child
Mohamed Jumale, age 24, was found guilty of sex with a child
Why don’t they do it to their own kind, because they are likely to be Muslim and they don’t do that to their own.
The sad thing is, when these animals serve their time in jail, they will be out walking the streets, they should be put out of the country, sent back home straight from jail to the plane, but this will never happen.
