In July 2023, five men from the Stoke-on-Trent Grooming Gang were sentenced to over 65 years in prison for exploiting two vulnerable children from 2019 to 2020.
The two victims were manipulated and exploited by the organisation, the Stoke-on-Trent Grooming Gang, resulting in several arrests for drug crimes, ultimately disclosing the situation to law enforcement.
Consequently, Umar Rafi, Usman Rafi, Muazzam Naseer, Haroon Hussain, Mohammed Hassain Shabir, Paul Malcolm Harnett, and Lee Comley were incarcerated for many offences, including child abuse, forced labour, and conspiracy to distribute Class A drugs.
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