Oxford exploitation trial: Guilty verdicts over child rapes

Seven members of a sex grooming ring have been convicted of abusing children from Oxford.

An Old Bailey jury heard six girls were drugged and suffered sadistic abuse while aged between 11 and 15.

The court heard victims were plied with alcohol and drugs before being forced to perform sex acts. Some had also been beaten, burned and threatened.

Speaking outside the court DCI Simon Morton from Thames Valley Police said: "These vile predators in the dock today - those that have been found guilty - groom, corrupt, isolate and sexually abuse their victims, to the point of torture in some cases,"