9 jailed in Bradford Grooming Trial – DPP congratulates CPS Team led by Kama Melly QC
Richard SadlerNine men who raped and abused two teenage girls who were living in a children’s home have been jailed following a 2 month trial at Bradford Crown Court.
Kama Melly QC prosecuted the case.
The girls were aged 14 when the men first began to use drink, drugs and violence to groom and sexually exploit them. The abuse started after the girls moved into the home in 2008.
The nine defendants were convicted of 22 offences including rape and inciting child prostitution and they received long prison sentences by the Trial Judge, HHJ Durham Hall QC.
The case has received national media coverage (click here to view) and the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, tweeted his thanks and congratulations (click here to view).
Kama Melly QC was called to the Bar in 1997, taking silk in 2016.
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