Girl told she 'deserved it' during alleged rape

The trial at Sheffield Crown Court continues on Thursday

An alleged teenage rape victim was told "that is what white girls are for" when she was abused, a trial has heard.

Sageer Hussain, Kessur Ajaib and Mohammed Makhmood all deny raping the girl, who was aged around 14 at the time, between 1999 and 2002 in Rotherham.

Their trial at Sheffield Crown Court was told the woman, who is now in her late 30s, later said she was told by Mr Hussain that "It was my own fault".

Prosecutor Andrew Bailey told the jury the complainant was an "immature and vulnerable young girl" when she began hanging around a youth club in the town.

He said this club was also frequented by young Asian men, some around her age but others who were a little older and would ask the girls if they wanted drink and give them cigarettes.

The prosecutor said the girl met Mr Ajaib at the youth club and he began to sexually assault her after word got around that she had had consensual sex with a boy of her own age, even though she was 14.

Mr Bailey said the defendant saw this as a "green light" and that he told her "now she needed to come to try somebody real".

Mr Ajaib, who was aged around 18 at the time, also raped her in an alleyway, the court was told.

'Mistaken identity'

The prosecutor said Mr Makhmood, who was about 18 or 19 at the time, raped the same girl in an old graveyard in Rotherham as she fought against him.

Mr Bailey said that the alleged victim later said that Mr Hussain, who was around the same age as her, told her that she "shouldn't have walked around in what I was dressed in".

He was also said to have told her that she "deserved it and that is what white girls were for."

The court was told Mr Hussain is also accused of raping a second teenager in Rotherham town centre with two other people present, one female and one male.

The prosecutor told how the she described crying throughout the ordeal as the other girl blocked her exit.

Mr Ajaib, 43 and of Walter Street, Rotherham denies two counts of rape and one of indecent assault, all relating to the first complainant.

Mr Makhmood, 43, of Falding Street, Rotherham, denies one count of raping the first complainant.

Mr Hussain, 39, formerly of Rotherham, denies two counts of raping the first complainant and one of raping the second complainant.

Mr Bailey told the jury that Mr Makhmood told police in interview that it was a case of "mistaken identity" and police had "got the wrong man".

Mr Hussain told officers the "allegations were vindictive" and Mr Ajaib made no comment when he was interviewed.

The trial is scheduled to resume on Thursday.

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