

Teen lured girls for rape attack by three men

An English teenager has been convicted of plotting to entice two other teenage girls on a night out so they could be raped by three men she referred to as "her boys".

Stephanie Knight, 19, from Blackburn was found guilty of aiding the rape of two 16-year-old girls, the Daily Mail reports.

In December 2009, the then 17-year-old Knight lured the teenagers out, after only meeting them a week before, with the promise of going clubbing.

Instead, the girls were given vodka and drugs, and then introduced to Knight's three male friends: Shahid Hussain, 37, his brother Amjad Hussain, 34, and their 39-year-old cousin Tanveer Butt.

The victims were driven to an empty house in Accrington, Lancashire, with no electricity where the three men took turns sexually abusing one of the girls in different rooms of the house.

Police were later told by Knight that she was Amjad Hussain's girlfriend, and had obstructed the other teen victim from going to the aid of her friend, who was screaming for help as she was raped by Shahid Hussain.

In sentencing, Judge Beveley Lunt said the defendants were looking at long prison sentences and would probably be put on the sex offenders' register.

Detective Sergeant Paul Langley from Lancashire Police said the degree of abuse was worse because it was facilitated by someone who the victims thought was their friend.

"These two girls thought they were going for a night out and instead were given alcohol and drugs and taken to a strange house where they were subjected to an horrific sexual ordeal at the hands of three much older men," Det Sgt Langley said.

Knight and Butt were also found guilty of aiding and abetting rape, while Amjad Hussain, Shahid Hussain, and Butt were all convicted of rape.

They are all due to be sentenced on September 2.

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