Seven men who committed a string of child sex abuse offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham have been jailed for a total of 106 years.
The men were all convicted in June, after a nine-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court, which was the result of an investigation by the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood.
The victims, who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time of the offences were both in care. They were groomed and often plied with alcohol or cannabis before being raped or assaulted.
At times they were collected by their abusers from the children’s homes where they lived. The offences took place in the early 2000s.
Over the course of a two-day hearing at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday and today the men were handed jail sentences between six and 25 years.