Four more members of grooming gang guilty of sexually abusing girl in care

The four men were released on conditional bail ahead of sentencing in October

Four further men have been found guilty of sexually abusing a girl who was living in a children's home in Bradford in the early 2000s.

A total of 13 men have now been convicted of offences against the girl, known as "Anna", including a man who groomed and "married" her when she was 15.

Earlier, Mohammed Baig, 47, Sohail Hussain, 40, Mohammed Suleman, 45, and Khurram Iqbal, 40, were convicted of sexual offences at Bradford Crown Court.

Baig, Hussain, Suleman and Iqbal, all from Bradford, were released on conditional bail and are due to be sentenced at the same court on 22 October.

The court heard Anna was sexually exploited by men from the age of 13, and the abuse continued after she was moved to a children's home.

Baig was convicted of three counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault, with Hussain found guilty of rape and indecent assault.

Suleman was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and Iqbal was convicted of indecent assault and found not guilty of rape.

Anna spoke to the BBC in 2019 about being groomed after seeing one of her abusers, Basharat Khaliq, in a Look North TV news report about sexual exploitation.

Khaliq, 45, was convicted in 2025 of her rape and indecent assault and jailed for 21 years.

In a separate trial, a jury was told that Anna had an Islamic wedding ceremony at the age of 15 to Raja Zulqurnean, who groomed and abused her.

Zulqurnean, 43, was jailed for 18 years for rape and indecent assault but the sentence was later increased to 23 years by appeal court judges.

Raja Zulqurnean's prison sentence was increased to 23 years by judge at the Court of Appeal

The court previously heard Anna was in care at the time of the "wedding" and her social worker, Anwar Meah, attended the ceremony despite other staff warning him that Anna was being exploited.

Anna, who has the right to lifelong anonymity, said the trials had been "emotionally exhausting" and added: "There were times when I really struggled having to relive what happened to me over and over again."

During trials in 2025 and 2026, the court heard police records showed Anna was reported missing 101 times between 2002 and 2004.

In care documents seen by the BBC, social workers at the children's home recorded that Anna was "going out with Asian men late at night and not reporting to staff about where she had been".

Another record said Anna was "going off with Asian lads much older than her who have made attempts to rape/assault her".

Prosecutor Kama Melly KC told the court the