“Outside court the men’s families waved placards claiming a miscarriage of justice.”
Judge: “defendants treated the proceedings with contempt and arrogance; insolent and disrespectful”
Judge: “Not one of the defendants has uttered a single word or sentiment of remorse… the victim was systematically abused … by men who knew each other and exchanged their experiences with each other.”
His Muslim education taught him a woman was “no more worthy than a lollipop dropped on the ground
“Psychological damage in this case is about as bad as it gets …“and not one of you has shown the slightest remorse for what you did.”
The court heard that the girls had been taunted and insulted by friends and family of the defendants since coming forward, including being bombarded by obscene messages, called sluts, white trash, racist.
• Nelson 2010
“Abuser laughed as his sentence was passed”
“Predatory behaviour … You lied and took no responsibility. Your imam is entirely wrong when he says you have shown remorse – you have not.
. One convicted man, who pulled one victim’shair and called her a “white bitch” taunted her in 2014 after his release