Court told teen girl ‘treated like a rag doll’ in rape trial
A TEENAGER was treated like a ‘rag doll’ while a ‘laughing’ pair raped her, a jury has been told.
The 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped by Zahid Hassan and another man who went by the nickname Fred in 2006.
Leeds Crown Court heard that a few years later the pair started abusing another young woman after her number was passed on to them by men who had also abused her.
Fred was described in court as a ‘charming and ‘good looking,’ and would strike up relationships with girls – but he is not on trial.
Hassan, also known as Manny and described in court as ‘not good looking’ and ‘not charming,’ denies five charges in relation to the two complainants – four counts of rape and one count of attempted rape.
The 32-year-old, formerly of Bland Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, is on trial alongside two others – Saqib Raheel and Sholan James.
Raheel, 34, of Upper High Street, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, denies rape of an underage girl and sexual assault of an underage girl in relation to the second complainant.
James, 30, of New House Road, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, denies assault of an underage girl by penetration in relation to the second complainant.
Prosecutor Kate Batty told jurors the first complainant had been getting to know Fred when he invited her to ‘chill’ in a flat.
She said Manny went too and the trio drank vodka together before Manny left them alone.
While they were alone, Fred topped up her drink ‘again and again and again’ until she was too drunk to stand up, the prosecutor said.
“And then, Manny re-appeared. Together Fred and Manny carried her to a bed. They undressed her. She was so drunk she had no control over her body. She couldn’t say anything, she couldn’t do anything.
“She felt like a rag doll as Fred and Manny moved her around the bed into different positions. Each raped her.
“Even when she cried out in pain, they laughed. Once they had finished with her, they left her lying on the bed. They left the flat, still laughing about what they had done.”
The jury was told the second complainant was aged 15 and was new to town when she was first abused.
The prosecutor said Raheel and two of his friends saw her at Huddersfield bus station one night before asking her: “What’s a pretty young thing like you doing alone this time of night?”
She said the girl was invited to a party at James’ flat the following night and she went with a friend.
The prosecution say she was drugged before passing out and later waking up naked in front of three men in a room.
Raheel was insulting her body and telling James what to do while James was performing a sex act on her, the court was told.
Mrs Batty said the girl fled the house but Raheel convinced her to come back in before raping her while she was unconscious again, adding: “She told him to stop it and get off but he carried on.
“After that event, she saw the men again and they made her believe she’d enjoyed it. That was confusing for her. She was also told that if she didn’t do what she was told, there would be consequences.”
The court was told that the child’s phone number was passed around to men who phoned her for sexual activity, including Fred and Manny.
The girl described herself as a ‘wreck’ by that point and the court was told Fred ‘charmed’ her by making her feel as though they were in a relationship.
Mrs Batty said Fred once slapped her so hard that she went to ground, and did not feel able to stand up for herself when he told her: “You’ve got to look after my boys.”
She said the second complainant performed a sex act on two separate occasions while Fred watched on, having told her what to do, adding: “On that second occasion, Manny also got into bed with her at some point and tried to have sex with her but she managed to push him off.
“He wasn’t happy with that and threatened to break her nose the next day.” Mrs Batty said the complainants were treated as ‘objects’ by the defendants, adding: “The two girls were different. They were different ages, their family lives were very different and their experience of life very different. Those factors made no difference to way they were treated and it goes to show that anyone can be a victim of sexual abuse. “There is no typical victim.” Proceeding