Jurors told not to speculate over absence of defendant in Rochdale sex abuse trial - Manchester Evening News

Jurors told not to speculate over absence of defendant in Rochdale sex abuse trial - Manchester Evening News

Kasir Bashir has not attended the trial

Jurors told not to speculate over absence of defendant in Rochdale sex abuse trial

From the Manchester Evening News Jurors in the trial of seven men accused of historic sexual offences in Rochdale have been told not to speculate why one of them is not in the dock. The prosecution allege the complainants were groomed from the age of 13 to have sex with the men “whenever and wherever they wanted”. The defendants all deny various sexual offences, including rape and indecent assault, said to have been committed between 2001 and 20…