20 men jailed for sex abuse of teenagers in northern England

 

October 19, 2018



LONDON (AP) — Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen girls in a northern England town, in what a judge called a "vile and wicked" campaign of exploitation.

The men in the town of Huddersfield were found guilty in three trials this year, but the verdicts could not be reported until a judge lifted reporting restrictions Friday.

The cases are the latest in a series of prosecutions in northern English towns and cities for child sexual exploitation involving men of mostly Pakistani heritage.

The men were accused of being part of a gang that groomed vulnerable girls — d...



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