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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T14:38:55.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Katie Lam hits out at 'weak' Keir Starmer for his PMQs 'attack' on grooming gangs: 'He is incapable!'",
    "Hull grooming gang investigation CLOSED with no charges",
    "From shocking cover-ups to the 50 towns and cities affected, here are GB News' biggest grooming gang exposés",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSix men who groomed and sexually abused a vulnerable teenage girl over several years in West Yorkshire have been jailed.\n\nThe offending took place in and around Halifax between 2006 and 2009 when the girl was between 13 and 15 years old and the men were aged between 22 and 37.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn many of the incidents the victim was under the influence of alcohol or drugs given to her by her attackers.\n\nDuring the six-week trial, prosecutors set out how the victim was targeted and exploited at a time when she was particularly vulnerable due to her age and personal circumstances.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMohammed Shehban, 42, was convicted of two counts of rape and sentenced to 14 years in total. His brother Mohammed Adnan, 44, was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 4.5 years.\n\nAmazar Ali, 54, was convicted of two counts of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to 10 years in total.\n\nNaveed Anjum, 49, was convicted of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to 5.5 years.\n\nImran Hussain, 50, was convicted of attempted rape and sentenced to seven years. Adal Manaf, 48, was convicted of rape and sentenced to eight years.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe court heard that the victim continues to live with the long-term impact of the abuse.\n\nThe offences came to light after the victim spoke to police in 2019 and supported a complex investigation led by West Yorkshire Police.\n\nAll six offenders are now subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.\n\nThe court also imposed restraining orders preventing contact with the victim.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Katie Lam hits out at 'weak' Keir Starmer for his PMQs 'attack' on grooming gangs: 'He is incapable!'\n  * Hull grooming gang investigation CLOSED with no charges\n  * From shocking cover-ups to the 50 towns and cities affected, here are GB News' biggest grooming gang exposés\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**_More to follow..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Six men jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl"
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