A grooming gang predominantly made up of Asian men has been jailed for a combined 277 years following a major investigation into abuse against girls as young as 12.
Twenty people aged between 45 and 87 were snared following the investigation into offences committed in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, between 1995 and 2003.
West Yorkshire Police said the gang had repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped the girls, some of whom were given class A drugs.
A leading investigator in the case said the children had been treated as ‘commodities for the gratification of heartless predators’ – but praised the bravery of the survivors in
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