Vile brothers sexually abused girls as young as 6 in 14-year reign of terror after plying victims with gifts & alcohol

THREE vile brothers have been found guilty of sexually abusing girls as young as six in a 14-year reign of terror.

The grooming gang targeted their vulnerable victims between 1996 and 2010 across Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and Leeds.

Shaha Amran Miah, 48, Shaha Alman Miah, 47, and Shaha Joman Miah, 38, began manipulating the girls when they were aged between six and seven.

The fiends also groomed schoolgirls by plying them with gifts, alcohol and cigarettes.

They have now been convicted of a string of child sex offences following a trial at Preston Crown Court.

Jurors heard Joman and Amran sexually assaulted two girls from the age of seven while living in Leeds.

The court was told Joman also had a “relationship” with a 14-year-old girl, who he would get drunk and abuse.

He also paid her £40 a month in cash and treated her to “pretty much whatever she wanted”.

At the same time, Alman targeted a 15-year-old girl, who was later raped by his brother Amran.

After she bravely came forward to police, she was grabbed off the street by her hair and bundled into a car where Amran was waiting.

He told the girl she “would be dead” if she told police anything and threatened he would do anything to protect his family.

Amran added: “You better watch your mouth. You don’t know who you are dealing with and there will be consequences.

“You have been warned, once you screw one (of us) over, you screw us all over.”

The predator also blocked another victim from speaking to the police.

Amran Miah sexually abused three children and faced 16 sexual offences, two charges of intimidation and one of kidnap.

He was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault, seven of indecency with a child, rape, kidnapping and sexual assault.

Joman was found guilty of nine counts of rape, eight counts of indecent assault, four of indecency with a child, six counts of sexually assaulting a child and sexual activity with a child.

While Alman was convicted of three counts of sexual activity with a child.

Derek Artis from the Crown Prosecution Service said the brothers ‘groomed and exploited’ the girls with ‘no concern for them’ or the impact it ‘would have on them’.

He added: “I would like to commend the women who have come forward and supported a prosecution in this case.

“I hope they can now begin to move forward knowing the men who abused and exploited them will face justice.”

The brothers were remanded in custody to be sentenced in February.