A sex and drugs gang of four Kurdish illegal immigrants who groomed and abused five girls as young as 13 were jailed for 33 years today.
Young and 'naive' victims were lured to parties in Newcastle and gatherings at houses and flats, where alcohol and drugs were freely available, and they were expected to provide sexual favours and services in return.
The victims were 'forced' at other times or were so intoxicated they were unable to consent to what happened to them.
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The five girls, aged between 13 and 16, were treated as 'commodities', passed around various men and sometimes believed they were in relationships with their abusers.
The men, who all entered the UK illegally before claiming asylum hid behind code names such as 'Star' 'Pablo' and 'Shark Tooth' while targeting the vulnerable girls.
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Palla Pour, 25, was found guilty of sex offences involving children while Saman Obaid, 26, was convicted of four offences of supplying controlled drugs
Ribas Asad, 29, was also found guilty of child sex offences and Soran Azizi was convicted of two offences of trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation
They trafficked their victims - held 'in their thrall' by a ready supply of drugs and alcohol - around houses on Tyneside where they were sexually assaulted and treated and as 'commodities.'
The gang - based in Newcastle upon Tyne - controlled the girls with drugs and alcohol, contacted them on Facebook to discuss sex parties and on one occasion demanded sex in return for paying for a tattoo.
The girls were as young as 13 when the grooming began and they were trafficked for sex in return for drugs including ecstasy, cocaine, speed and cannabis it is alleged.
Soran Azizi, 28, was convicted of two offences of trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation and jailed for six years.
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