Mother figure is convicted of putting up troubled teenage girls at her 'Hansel and Gretel' house so they could be passed around rape gang who 'owned' Rotherham

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• Karen MacGregor duped council into believing she was a trustworthy carer
• believing she was a trustworthy carer
• Gave home to vulnerable girls but prostituted them to violent paedophiles
• Those included brothers Arshid, Basharat and Bannaras Hussain
• Trio and their uncle Qurban Ali, 53, were today convicted of sex offences 
• Brothers guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a dozen white girls
• MacGregor and Shelley Davies also found guilty for their roles in sex ring
• Convictions are first in probe into child rackets operating in Rotherham

A female carer who offered her 'Hansel and Gretal house' to vulnerable young girls in Rotherham made them repay her by prostituting them out to a violent family of paedophiles. 

Brothers Arshid, 40, Basharat, 39, and Bannaras Hussain, 36, were today found guilty of carrying out a catalogue of sickening sexual offences in the first case following revelations of mass grooming in the south Yorkshire town.

They were given access to their victims by local women Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40.

MacGregor, described in court as a 'mother figure', took in girls - all of whom were white - from children's homes, purporting to give them a safe haven and support.

Brothers Arshid (left), 40, and Basharat Hussain (middle), 39, committed multiple rapes and indecent assaults on teenagers in the South Yorkshire town. Their younger brother, Bannaras Hussain (right), 36, admitted ten charges - including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm 

Karen MacGregor (left), 58, and Shelley Davies (right), 40, were found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment. MacGregor, described in court as a 'mother figure', took in girls from children's homes purporting to give them a safe haven and support - only to then have them abused

But she allowed them to be abused and kept captive, telling them they needed to 'earn their keep' by having sex with a succession of visiting men.

She even set up a support group - KinKids - for family members looking after children whose parents could no longer cope.  

With the women's help, the Hussain brothers - known as Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - were able to rape multiple girls, many of whom were also indecently assaulted.

The group targeted 15 vulnerable girls, one aged only 11, and forced them to perform horrific sex acts over a sixteen year period

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