A gang who took part in a Black Lives Matter protest while on bail used a schoolgirl ‘as a toy’ during a horrific rape and abuse ordeal that lasted nine months.
Brothers Mohamed and Omar Badreddin met the 13-year-old in Newcastle city center and identified her as someone who could be easily manipulated.
They plied her with alcohol and cigarettes before beginning to abuse the young girl – threatening to ‘kill her and take her out of the country’.
The brothers first took the then 13-year-old to Castle Keep in Newcastle, and she had been groomed and drunk so much alcohol that she vomited and could no longer walk properly.
Mohamed Badreddin sexually assaulted and raped her and then left her for Omar Badreddin to rape her while another man, Hamoud Al-Soaimi, laughed. She was also attacked behind a Five Guys restaurant and at her home.
The grooming gang has now been jailed for a total of 36 years following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
A gang who took part in a Black Lives Matter protest while on bail used a schoolgirl ‘as a toy’ during a horrific rape and abuse ordeal that lasted nine months. In the photo Omar Badreddin
Brothers Mohamed (pictured) and Omar Badreddin met the 13-year-old in Newcastle city center and identified her as someone who could be easily manipulated
The Badreddins, who also took part in a riot as part of the Black Lives Matter group while on bail for the abhorrent crimes against the girl, were convicted along with Huzaefa Aleboud and Hamoud Al-Soaimi for a series of rapes and assaults.
The brothers also pleaded guilty to violent disorder in relation to a clash between Black Lives Matter protesters and the North East Frontline Patriots in 2020, while on bail for the sexual offenses and banned from the city centre. They were with the Black Lives Matter group and Omar threw two bottles and Mohamed also threw a rocket.
While the three of the four were in custody, the girl, from South Tyneside, outlined the devastating impact the offenses have had.
She said she had a happy childhood until she met them, adding: ‘Then it all went wrong. It is because of them that I feel like I have been robbed of my childhood, which should have been a happy time. I can never get that childhood back.
‘My childhood turned into what I can only describe as a living nightmare. After meeting them, I spent all my days in Newcastle being tortured by them.
“No one, let alone a young girl, should have to experience the horrible things they did to me. I struggled so much that I hurt myself to try to release some of the pain I was feeling.
‘Those scars will stay with me for life, but in addition to the physical scars, I am also emotionally scarred. Those scars are a constant reminder of what I’ve been through.
They groomed her with alcohol, cigarettes and praise before they began abusing the young girl. The photo shows Huzaefa Alaboud
‘My whole family collapsed when they found out what I had been through. It must have been heartbreaking for my mother to hear what they did to me. My mother was the first person I told and she has been there for me throughout this very long and difficult process. I feel sad that she suffered so much pain.
‘I was so angry and was pulling out clumps of hair and hitting walls. I would describe myself as going off the rails. I felt myself collapsing.
‘I woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling of things crawling over me. I would take two or three baths to get rid of the feeling.
‘I needed help, my family needed help, but there was no help. It took me so long to get the help I needed for my mental health.”
She added that she feels she can no longer go to the city center in case she sees their friends, adding: “I was tortured by those men. They hurt me in so many ways.”
She said that after major delays in the case, she threw up when she heard they had been found guilty and now feels “empty and numb.”
The young girl added: ‘What I have experienced is terrible. I would hate it if anyone else went through what I went through. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
‘I feel like my life has been ruined forever and I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it. When I think about what they did to me, I still see every detail very clearly in my mind.
‘Even if they are convicted for what they did, I feel like I have been given a life sentence. I just want to be rid of those terrible thoughts and memories and be free.
‘I have suffered so much in recent years, but I feel like I am still the one being punished.
Al-Soaimi (pictured), 21, was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and sexual assault by penetration. He was sentenced to two years of probation, of which two years
“How can this be right when I haven’t done anything wrong.”
Judge Amanda Rippon said of the girl, who told them she was 15: “She was callously controlled, manipulated and abused by all of you to varying degrees, sometimes one after another. She was used as a toy, especially by Mohamed Badreddin and Omar Badreddin.
“Even when she begged you to treat her more kindly and told you honestly that she was hurting herself and couldn’t handle it, you made fun of her.”
Judge Rippon said: ‘She was then free to do whatever they wanted with the group for about nine months, as long as she was given alcohol and cigarettes and promises of love and a better life. She tried to learn your language.
‘You told her to convert to Muslim and she started reading the Quran.
‘In return, she was repeatedly raped, assaulted, abused and passed over.’
Mohamed Badreddin, known as ‘Jokey’, committed a number of sexual assaults, including rape, on a pile of stones at the Castle Keep. Others were present at one of the attacks. The court heard she felt she could not say anything to the Badreddin brothers because they had threatened to kill her and take her out of the country.
Omar Badreddin, known as ‘Antonio’, also raped the girl more than once in the Castle Keep and behind Five Guys in the city centre.
Aleboud sexually abused her in the castle and harassed her, saying ‘you let Jokey and Omar in’. He then raped her more than once at the same location and also behind Five Guys. Aleboud also attacked her, hitting her and causing her lip to bleed.
Al-Soaimi sexually abused the same girl, including in the Castle Keep, where he told her: ‘Now it’s my turn’. He also sexually assaulted a 12-year-old, who said she felt anxious, sad and had trouble coping.
The gang has now been jailed for a total of 36 years following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court
Mohamed Badreddin, 23, was convicted of six counts of rape and one of assault by penetration. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Omar Badreddin, 26, was convicted of five rapes. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Aleboud, 23, was convicted of two counts of rape, assault by penetration and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
Al-Soaimi, 21, was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and sexual assault by penetration. He was sentenced to two years’ probation, including two years with 180 hours of unpaid work.
They were all told they would have to sign the sex offenders register and be subject to sexual harm prevention orders and restraining orders.
The court heard that Mohamed Badreddin grew up during the conflict in Syria and came to Britain when he was 14. He continues to deny the offenses and was 17 and 18 years old at the time. Omar Badreddin is said to have expressed shame and regret.
The court heard that Aleboud was aged 17 and 18 at the time and came to Britain because of the war in Syria. He had cancer as a child. References were submitted about Al-Soaimi, who came to Britain from Kuwait in 2016 and was said to be immature and easy to manage at the time. He was 15 and 16 years old at the time.