'Vile and wicked' members of Huddersfield grooming gang jailed for raping girls as young as 12

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Five more members of a grooming gang that sexually abused girls in Huddersfield have been jailed for their “vile and wicked” crimes. Leeds Crown Court heard that one of the defendants attacked a 12-year-old girl in a park as part of a “campaign of rape”, and threatened a teenage victim with a knife. open image in gallery It is the latest in a series of Huddersfield grooming trials at Leeds Crown Court Another victim said she blamed herself for the abuse “for years and years”, adding: “They’re quite manipulative and when you’re in that situation you’re so pressured, you feel so stupid and dirty and horrible.” One 12-year-old girl was moved to foster care in a different city, but her new home received calls from men saying they had found her and “wanted to f*** her”. Judge Marson said girls were also “rendered senseless” at so-called house parties where older Asian men would abuse them one by one, in front of each other.