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Keighley rape trial: Bilal Hussain and Shazad Rehman guilty Keighley rape trial: Bilal Hussain and Shazad Rehman jailed
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Two men have been found guilty of raping three 14-year-old girls who had been plied with alcohol and cannabis. Two men have been jailed for drugging and raping vulnerable under-age girls they found walking the streets.
Bilal Hussain and Shazad Rehman repeatedly raped one girl and also raped two other victims they picked up in the Keighley area of West Yorkshire. Shazad Rehman, 30, was jailed for 18-and-half years and Bilal Hussain, 23, was jailed for 17-and-a-half years at Bradford Crown Court.
Hussain, 23, of Leeds and 30-year-old Rehman, of no fixed address, pursued teenage girls between 2010 and 2011, Bradford Crown Court heard. Judge Jonathan Rose said the men "engaged in a course of conduct which has become increasingly and depressingly familiar in this country".
The men are to be sentenced later on Wednesday. Hussain, of Leeds and Rehman, of no fixed address, raped three girls.
They had denied nine rape charges and supplying cannabis.
'Fresh meat''Fresh meat'
The pair repeatedly raped one girl and also raped two other victims they picked up in the Keighley area of West Yorkshire.
The pair had denied nine rape charges but the jury found them guilty after two days of deliberation.
The court heard Rehman and Hussain plied the girls with alcohol and cannabis and took them to hotels for sex.
Rehman referred to the girls as "fresh meat", the court heard.
Prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC had told the court: ''They acted together travelling from their various home addresses in Leeds and Halifax to the Keighley town centre where they specifically targeted vulnerable girls, all under-age."Prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC had told the court: ''They acted together travelling from their various home addresses in Leeds and Halifax to the Keighley town centre where they specifically targeted vulnerable girls, all under-age."
She said some of the girls, none of whom can be identified, had difficult backgrounds or were emotionally fragile and may have been seeking attention. She said some of the girls had difficult backgrounds or were emotionally fragile.
''They were out of their depth,'' the jury was told.''They were out of their depth,'' the jury was told.
''They were supplied with strong alcohol and cannabis, enticed to believe they would have fun, that they were special.''They were supplied with strong alcohol and cannabis, enticed to believe they would have fun, that they were special.
"In truth what was on offer was beyond their control.""In truth what was on offer was beyond their control."
Rehman had referred to the girls as "fresh meat", the court heard. Ms Colborne had told the court the defendants "exploited the girls' lack of maturity, their lack of life experience".
Ms Colborne had told the court the defendants "exploited the girls' lack of maturity, their lack of life experience and to render them more compliant.'' 'Keep them forever'
Jurors heard that drink and drugs were given to the girls to reduce their inhibitions, or in some cases to leave them incapable of resisting sexual advances or oblivious to them. Jurors heard drink and drugs were given to the girls to lessen their inhibitions, or in some cases to leave them incapable of resisting sexual advances.
Some of the rapes took place at the Alder House Hotel, Batley, and the Campanile Hotel, Bradford, after the complainants had been picked up by the defendants in a silver Audi, the court was told. Some of the rapes took place at the Alder House Hotel, Batley, and the Campanile Hotel in Bradford, after the complainants had been picked up by the defendants in a silver Audi, the court was told.
After one of the girls told Hussain she thought she was pregnant, he said she had to terminate the pregnancy or he would kill the baby himself.After one of the girls told Hussain she thought she was pregnant, he said she had to terminate the pregnancy or he would kill the baby himself.
Ms Colborne said Rehman had boasted to a woman they could get any girl they wanted.Ms Colborne said Rehman had boasted to a woman they could get any girl they wanted.
''He said they had no reputation and if they got them young enough they could keep them forever,'' she told the court.''He said they had no reputation and if they got them young enough they could keep them forever,'' she told the court.
Both men were also convicted of a series of drugs offences and a charge of conspiring to intimidate a witness. Both men were also convicted of supplying cannabis and a charge of conspiring to intimidate a witness.
Neither opted to give evidence during the trial, which lasted a number of weeks.