Two Bradford men have been cleared by a jury of all charges alleging they imprisoned and sexually molested two teenage girls.
Abdul Rashid, 28, of Hoxton Street, Girlington, and Mohammed Hussain, 26, of St Leonard’s Road, Girlington, were each found not guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
They originally went on trial in October last year, but had to face a retrial after the first case was discontinued part-way through.
Both have now been acquitted of unlawfully imprisoning the girls, aged 14 and 19, between April 27 and 30, 2011.
Rashid was cleared of sexual assault and Hussain of two charges of sexual activity with a child and two charges of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
It was alleged by Nick Askins, barrister for the Crown, that the men locked the girls in a car near Bolton Abbey after picking them up in the Allerton area of Bradford.
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