'Asian grooming gang' accused of exploiting, trafficking and raping girls in Welsh seaside town

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An "Asian grooming gang" has been accused of exploiting, trafficking and raping girls in a Welsh seaside town, a court has heard.

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Three teenage girls were treated as "sexual commodities" and exploited by a gang of men in in Rhyl, north Wales over a period of two years.

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The four defendants allegedly pressured the girls into providing sexual services in exchange for cannabis and cocaine.Mustafa Iqbal, 43, Ziaullah Badsha, 25, Mohamed Arshad, 36, and Jaswinder Singh, 65, face 28 charges between them, including trafficking for sexual exploitation, rape, supplying drugs and sexual assault - all four deny the charges.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Owen Edwards KC, prosecuting, told the jury that two girls aged 14 and 15 were out walking late one night in Rhyl when they were spotted by Iqbal, who was riding an e-scooter and worked as a drug dealer and takeaway driver, the Daily Mail reports.

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Mr Edwards said both girls had been smoking cannabis and were "obvious targets for predatory older...

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