Abjectief
23-10-2013, 19:02
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Een "Engels" echtpaar moet de gevangenis in omdat het een doofstom meisje uit Pakistan jarenlang misbruikte en als huishoudslaaf hield.
De rechtbank veroordeelde de 84-jarige Illyas Ashar voor onder meer verkrachting. Zijn 67-jarige vrouw Tallat kreeg vijf jaar de cel voor onder andere mensensmokkel, schrijft de Manchester Evening News. De rechter oordeelde verder dat hun dochter medeplichtig was aan het misbruik, zij heeft een taakstraf van 300 uur opgelegd gekregen.
Het echtpaar had het meisje, toen tien jaar oud, in 2000 naar Groot-Brittannië gesmokkeld. Ze moest in de kelder van het huis slapen, waar ze werd misbruikt. Ook kreeg ze regelmatig klappen. Naar school ging ze niet. In plaats daarvan liet het echtpaar het arme kind schoonmaken en koken in huizen van het echtpaar en verdiende daar duizenden Britse ponden mee.
De recherche ontdekte het meisje jaren later in de bewuste kelder tijdens een onderzoek naar illegale activiteiten. Ze is inmiddels in de twintig.
Het echtpaar heeft volgens de rechter geen berouw getoond
De rechtbank veroordeelde de 84-jarige Illyas Ashar voor onder meer verkrachting. Zijn 67-jarige vrouw Tallat kreeg vijf jaar de cel voor onder andere mensensmokkel, schrijft de Manchester Evening News. De rechter oordeelde verder dat hun dochter medeplichtig was aan het misbruik, zij heeft een taakstraf van 300 uur opgelegd gekregen.
Het echtpaar had het meisje, toen tien jaar oud, in 2000 naar Groot-Brittannië gesmokkeld. Ze moest in de kelder van het huis slapen, waar ze werd misbruikt. Ook kreeg ze regelmatig klappen. Naar school ging ze niet. In plaats daarvan liet het echtpaar het arme kind schoonmaken en koken in huizen van het echtpaar en verdiende daar duizenden Britse ponden mee.
De recherche ontdekte het meisje jaren later in de bewuste kelder tijdens een onderzoek naar illegale activiteiten. Ze is inmiddels in de twintig.
Het echtpaar heeft volgens de rechter geen berouw getoond
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Jailed: Couple who trafficked deaf girl and treated her as 'sub-human'
23 Oct 2013 14:15
Ilyas Ashar, 84, who repeatedly raped her and made her work as a domestic servant, was caged for 13 years and his wife Tallat Ashar, for five years.
jailed today.
Ilyas Ashar, 84, who also repeatedly raped her, was caged for 13 years.
His wife Tallat Ashar, 68, was jailed for five years.
The couple, and their daughter Faaiza Ashar, 46, were also convicted of benefit fraud relating to the girl.
Faaiza Ashar was ordered to complete a 12-month community order with unpaid work of 300 hours. Passing sentence today, Judge Peter Lakin said Faaiza had been 'manipulated' by her parents.
He told the couple that the victim had been exploited physically, mentally and economically.
Judge Lakin said: “You Ilyas Ashar and you Tallat Ashar did not treat the victim as a fellow human being.
“To you she was merely an object to be used, abused and cast aside at will.”
Both Ilyas and Tallat Ashar will face a court hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover their ill-gotten gains.
The young victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons and couldn't speak, suffered a decade of harrowing sexual abuse at the hands of evil Ilyas Ashar.
She slept in a cellar at the couple's home on Cromwell Road in Eccles, Salford, and was forced to work as a domestic servant, cooking, cleaning, sewing and washing cars for the family and their friends.
The convictions and sentences mark the culmination of two lengthy and unique criminal trials.
The victim was only able to detail the extent of her abuse to police after she was taught basic sign language by experts.
She was brought by the couple to Salford from a village in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2000 aged around nine or 10. Her exact date of birth is not known.
But she was taught how to sign by experts over months and gave her evidence in court through sign language, leading to the convictions.
All three denied all the charges that they faced.
Ilyas Ashar was found guilty at a re-trial of 13 counts of rape.
He was found guilty last year after a trial of two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation.
His wife Tallat was found guilty at the same trial last year of two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation.
The couple, alongside their daughter Faaiza, of Milton Road, Eccles, were also found guilty of benefit fraud.
The jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of false imprisonment, which both Ilyas and Tallat Ashar denied.
Today the brave victim is celebrating new hope after she was rescued from their evil clutches. Her life has been transformed thanks to police, social workers and sign language experts.
Now thought to in her early twenties, she is receiving lessons in numeracy and literacy at a college and has told police, who continue to monitor her progress, that she enjoys walking in fresh air, travelling on buses and visiting fairgrounds.
Chief Superintendent Mary Doyle, said: “Today's sentences reflect the awful nature of this highly emotive case.
“It is right that we focus today on the Ashar's exploitation and cruelty, but I don't want people to lose sight of two important aspects of this case.
“Firstly, the victim has shown almost impossible courage and strength in the face of overwhelming obstacles, both physical and emotional, and has blossomed into the kind of young woman that anyone would be proud to know.
“Secondly, this sheds a real light on the issue of trafficking and reminds us all that there are people out there willing to bring people to this country purely to be exploited.”
bron23 Oct 2013 14:15
Ilyas Ashar, 84, who repeatedly raped her and made her work as a domestic servant, was caged for 13 years and his wife Tallat Ashar, for five years.
jailed today.
Ilyas Ashar, 84, who also repeatedly raped her, was caged for 13 years.
His wife Tallat Ashar, 68, was jailed for five years.
The couple, and their daughter Faaiza Ashar, 46, were also convicted of benefit fraud relating to the girl.
Faaiza Ashar was ordered to complete a 12-month community order with unpaid work of 300 hours. Passing sentence today, Judge Peter Lakin said Faaiza had been 'manipulated' by her parents.
He told the couple that the victim had been exploited physically, mentally and economically.
Judge Lakin said: “You Ilyas Ashar and you Tallat Ashar did not treat the victim as a fellow human being.
“To you she was merely an object to be used, abused and cast aside at will.”
Both Ilyas and Tallat Ashar will face a court hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act to recover their ill-gotten gains.
The young victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons and couldn't speak, suffered a decade of harrowing sexual abuse at the hands of evil Ilyas Ashar.
She slept in a cellar at the couple's home on Cromwell Road in Eccles, Salford, and was forced to work as a domestic servant, cooking, cleaning, sewing and washing cars for the family and their friends.
The convictions and sentences mark the culmination of two lengthy and unique criminal trials.
The victim was only able to detail the extent of her abuse to police after she was taught basic sign language by experts.
She was brought by the couple to Salford from a village in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2000 aged around nine or 10. Her exact date of birth is not known.
But she was taught how to sign by experts over months and gave her evidence in court through sign language, leading to the convictions.
All three denied all the charges that they faced.
Ilyas Ashar was found guilty at a re-trial of 13 counts of rape.
He was found guilty last year after a trial of two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation.
His wife Tallat was found guilty at the same trial last year of two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation.
The couple, alongside their daughter Faaiza, of Milton Road, Eccles, were also found guilty of benefit fraud.
The jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of false imprisonment, which both Ilyas and Tallat Ashar denied.
Today the brave victim is celebrating new hope after she was rescued from their evil clutches. Her life has been transformed thanks to police, social workers and sign language experts.
Now thought to in her early twenties, she is receiving lessons in numeracy and literacy at a college and has told police, who continue to monitor her progress, that she enjoys walking in fresh air, travelling on buses and visiting fairgrounds.
Chief Superintendent Mary Doyle, said: “Today's sentences reflect the awful nature of this highly emotive case.
“It is right that we focus today on the Ashar's exploitation and cruelty, but I don't want people to lose sight of two important aspects of this case.
“Firstly, the victim has shown almost impossible courage and strength in the face of overwhelming obstacles, both physical and emotional, and has blossomed into the kind of young woman that anyone would be proud to know.
“Secondly, this sheds a real light on the issue of trafficking and reminds us all that there are people out there willing to bring people to this country purely to be exploited.”