Newcastle sex abuse ring: Eighteen guilty of grooming young girls

Victims as young as 13 given drugs and alcohol before being assaulted

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Eighteen people have been found guilty of grooming young girls in Newcastle, plying them with drugs and alcohol before abusing them at "sex parties".

Seventeen men and one woman were convicted of nearly 100 offences, including rape, human trafficking, and conspiracy to incite prostitution and drug supply, between 2011 and 2014.

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