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Men Convicted for Teen's Rape, Exploitation
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Four men, Arqash Zaffar, Mohammed Nadim, Shaban Arif, and Shiraz Nassir, were convicted for raping and sexually exploiting a sixteen-year-old girl in a series of horrific incidents across Birmingham and Manchester. The girl was initially picked up by Zaffar and Nadim, who later involved Arif and Nassir in the abuse. The men took the girl to various hotels and locations, where she was raped multiple times. The case was solved using phone records, hotel bookings, and other evidence. The men will be sentenced in March 2026, bringing some closure to the victims ordeal.
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