JURORS in the Keighley schoolgirl rape trial will resume deliberations tomorrow.
They were unable to reach any verdicts today in the second day of deliberations after the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Roger Thomas QC, sent them out to begin considering their verdicts on Tuesday following a five week trial.
Thirteen Asian males are accused of raping a vulnerable girl at various locations in the town, between May, 2011, and June, 2012.
A second alleged victim was involved in a single rape allegation, dating from 2009 when she was 15.
Before the court are Yasser Kabir, 25, of Belgrave Road, Keighley, who denies four allegations of rape; Tauqeer Hussain, 23, of Belgrave Road, Keighley, and Nazir Khan, 23, of Buxton Street, Keighley, who both plead not guilty to three allegations of rape; Israr Ali, 19, of Devonshire Street West, Keighley; Mohammed Sardar, 19, of Bradford Street, Lawkholme, Keighley; Saqib Younis, 29, of Bradford Street, Lawkholme, Keighley; Bilal Ziarab, 21, of Sedgwick Close, Manningham, Bradford; Sufyan Ziarab, 22, of Kendal Mellor Court, Keighley; Zain Ali, 20, of Buxton Street, Keighley, and Faisal Khan, 27, of Buxton Street, Keighley, who all deny two allegations of rape; Rohail Iqbal, 22, of Skipton Road, Beechcliffe, Keighley; Rohail Hussain, 18, of Hawk Street, Lawkholme, Keighley, and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who plead not guilty to one allegation of rape.
Mohammed Akram, 63, of Holker Street, Keighley, denies sexual activity with a child under 16.
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