Woman Locked Up For Luring Rape Teen Girls

A young woman who lured two 16-year-old girls on a night out to be raped by three men has been sent to a young offenders' institute for seven years.

Stephanie Knight, who was 17 at the time, lied to her victims that they were going out to a nightclub.

Instead they were driven around and plied with alcohol and drugs before they were sexually assaulted by brothers Amjad Hussain, 34, and Shahid Hussain, 38, and their cousin Tanveer Butt, 39.

The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were taken from Blackburn to a derelict terrace house in Accrington with no electricity as one of the girls was subjected to a "terrifying ordeal".

Knight, now 19, and Butt stopped the other girl from going to the assistance of her friend, who was crying, telling her "she is chilling with my boys".

Knight's former boyfriend, Amjad Hussain, then raped both girls as he drove them home in December 2009.

All three male defendants were jailed indefinitely at Preston Crown Court and ordered to serve at least seven and a half years before they can be considered for parole.

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