Monday, May 25, 2015

Aylesbury sex ring case: Victim tells of 'toy room' abuse

Harmohan Nangpal (l) and Vikram Singh, along with nine other men, deny sex charges against two vulnerable girls

The victim of an alleged paedophile ring said she first had sex with one of the men on trial in a "toy room" when she was 12 years old.

Eleven men, on trial at the Old Bailey, variously deny 52 sexual offences between 2006 and 2012.

The alleged offences took place in cars, vans, flats and sometimes the girls' own homes in and around Aylesbury between 2006 and 2012.

The first of two alleged victims took to the witness box earlier.

Girl A, now a 21 year old mother-of-two, told the court she regularly ran away from school.

She met the first defendant - married father-of-two Vikram Singh - when she was about 11 years old in the market in Aylesbury.

Soon afterwards, the jury heard, he approached her in Woolworths and gave her his phone number. They met soon afterwards when he took her to the cinema and allegedly sexually assaulted her.

The 11 men on trial at the Old Bailey all deny raping and abusing two vulnerable girls

She told the court they had sex for the first time in the "toy room" of her mother's house when she was about 12 years old. They continued to have sex two or three times a week until she was 14, the court was told.

Girl A claims Vikram Singh used to give her drinks which "tasted like syrup" and would make her feel "sleepy and numb".

She stopped seeing him when she met another man.

But she says Mr Singh continued to try to contact her and picked her up in the street one day before allegedly raping her in his car.

The trial continues.

Charges against the men:

Vikram Singh, 45, of Cannock Road, Aylesbury, is charged with four counts of rape, four counts of sexual activity with a child, and one of administering a substance with intent.
Harmohan Nangpal, 41, of Langdale Drive, Hayes, is accused of one count of rape, and one count of sexual activity with a child.
Asif Hussain, 33, of Hodge Lea, Milton Keynes, face three counts of rape, three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of arranging child prostitution.
Arshad Jani, 33, of Cousins Drive, Aylesbury, denies one count of rape, and a further count of sexual activity with a child.
Mohammed Imran, 38, of Springcliffe Street, Bradford, is accused of three counts of rape, three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child, two counts of conspiracy to rape and one count of child prostitution.
Akbari Khan, 36, of Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, denies two counts of rape, one count of of sexual activity with a child, and one each of administering a substance with intent, conspiracy to rape, and conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.
Taimoor Khan, 29, of Highbridge Road, Aylesbury, is charged with one count of rape, one count of sexual activity with a child, one count of conspiracy to rape, and one count of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.
Jerome Joe, 35, of Pightle Crescent, Buckingham, is charged with one count of rape and a single count of sexual activity with a child.
Sajad Ali, 34, of Brockhurst Road, Chesham, is charged with rape, sexual activity with a child and administering a substance.
Sohail Qamar, 41, of St Anne's Road, Aylesbury, is accused of sexual activity with a child, two counts of rape, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Faisal Iqbal, 32, of Pixie Road, Aylesbury, is on trial accused of conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.