Couple in UK arrested for trafficking, raping servant girl from Pakistan

Ilyas Ashar, 84, and Tallat Ashar, 68, will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on 23 October.


Web Desk October 17, 2013
Ilyas Ashar and his wife Tallat Ashar brought the girl from Pakistan. PHOTO: BBC.

SALFORD, UK: An old couple in Salford, Greater Manchester, was convicted on Thursday for trafficking a deaf 10-year old girl from Pakistan and repeatedly raping her over a decade, according to BBC.

Ilyas and Tallat Ashar brought the girl to UK in May 2000 on a passport which identified her as a 20-year old adult from Pakistan and kept her at their home in Eccles, Salford, where she slept in the cellar.

Ilyas Ashar, 84, was also found guilty of 13 counts of raping the girl, now in her 20s. She was found in 2009.

The couple is expected to be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on October 23.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was only found after trading standards officials visited their Cromwell Road home investigating allegations of illegal activity.

She was found in the cellar, which was described as "sparse, cold and damp".

Details of the victim's ordeal only emerged after she was taught sign language, enabling her to be interviewed by police.

Thousands of pounds in benefits were claimed in the victim's name and a number of bank accounts were set up using her details, police said.

Tallat Ashar, 68, was found guilty of trafficking and benefit fraud at an earlier trial, as was her husband.

COMMENTS (41)

ahmed | 10 years ago | Reply

crime is a crime! no matter where you from or what your back ground maybe,it happens all over the world,there are lot of sick people like these two,they should have been locked up for 20 years each, feel sorry for the girl as she might have thought she was coming to a better life,and ended up with these two.

Vineet Bahl | 10 years ago | Reply

Wow, I thought we Indians were working very hard to become the most anti-woman nation in the world but it looks like are neighbors are catching up.

This proves Indian's and Pakistani's share the same gene pool when it comes to oppressing the Women, Poor and minorities.

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