Bawan Harwe Jailed 29 Years for Trafficking 7 Girls Aged 12 to 16
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 11
Bawan Harwe Jailed 29 Years for Trafficking 7 Girls Aged 12 to 16
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 11
Summary
Sheffield Crown Court sentenced 28-year-old Bawan Harwe to 29 years in prison, plus three years on licence, for grooming, trafficking and raping seven girls aged 12 to 16.
Eight rape convictions and six exploitation-travel counts followed evidence that Harwe used a fake social-media identity, offering money and e-cigarettes before plying victims with drink and drugs; one girl was 12.
Judge Sarah Wright said the harm was "of unimaginable proportions," telling Harwe the victims' childhoods and adolescence "can never be reclaimed."
Sharam Muhamadi, 21, was convicted of two trafficking-related counts but skipped sentencing; police said a manhunt is under way, and the judge ordered forfeiture of a £19,000 bail surety within 28 days.