Five British Muslim men were today
Jailed in the UK for life for their part in a sadistic sex grooming ring which abused six girls from Oxford.
Mohammed Karrar, 38, will serve at least 20 years after being convicted of 18 offences including child rape and trafficking, while his brother, Bassam Karrar, 34, will serve at least 15 years.
Akhtar Doghar, 32, and Anjum Doghar, 31, will each serve a minimum term of 17 years after being convicted of several counts of rape, child prostitution and trafficking.
Kamar Jamil, 27, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years after he was found guilty of five counts of rape, two counts of conspiracy to rape and one count of arranging child prostitution.
Assad Hussain, 32, and Zeeshan Ahmed, 28, were both jailed for seven years for two counts of sexual activity with a child.
While the Karrar brothers have their origins in Eritrea in East Africa, the rest are believed to be Britons of Pakistani origin.
Judge Peter Rook, sentencing at the Old Bailey here, praised the courage of the six victims in coming forward.
"These six girls [the victims] have shown enormous courage in coming to the Old Bailey to give evidence, knowing they would be accused of lying, knowing they would have to relive their ordeals, knowing they have not been believed in the past," he said during his ruling.
At the men's trial last month, the court was told how the six girls were drugged and suffered sadistic abuse while aged between 11 and 15.
The victims were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to perform sex acts.
Some had also been beaten, burnt and threatened.
The men had denied charges of rape, arranging child prostitution and trafficking between 2004 and 2012.
