Thug from 18-strong Newcastle grooming gang unleashes vile outburst against white women
Newcastle Crown Court heard Badrul Hussain made the extraordinary outburst to a ticket collector on the Tyne and Wear Metro
ONE of the men involved in a sex party ring where it was suspected under-age girls were fed drugs and abused once said: "All white women are good for one thing, for men like me to f*** and use as trash."
The jury at Newcastle Crown Court heard Badrul Hussain made the extraordinary outburst to a ticket collector on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Hussain, 37, of Drybeck Court, Newcastle, was convicted of allowing drugs to be used at his premises and of supplying drugs. He was cleared of inciting prostitution for gain.
Earlier it was revealed, cops paid a convicted child rapist almost £10,000 to spy on the parties, a court heard.
He was recruited despite being a sex offender who had drugged an under-age girl and invited another man to rape her after he had done so, a court heard.
But despite his more than 50 convictions, the man - who can only be identified by the media as XY - was tasked by Northumbria Police to assist their investigation into child sexual exploitation in Newcastle.
Describing his role in the investigation, XY claimed he had to make it look like he was the friend of the defendants during Operation Shelter, part of Operation Sanctuary.
But the relationship between the police and XY crumbled when the man fell out with his police handler and made a series of damning allegations that included claims he had been told by police to take vulnerable girls to parties.
The defence argued XY had undermined the police case against the defendants but the judge dismissed the claims.
A gang of seventeen men and one woman have now been convicted of abusing girls who were plied with alcohol and drugs before having sex.
Cops have since defended their decision to enlist XY as an informant, with Chief Constable Steve Ashman saying that although the idea may appear "repugnant", the informant was able to help police prevent offending.
He added: "In the case of XY it is clear that his relationships with others have allowed the police to prevent and detect some of the most serious crimes occurring in our communities, this would not have been possible through conventional methods."
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But Robin Patton, representing one of the defendants, said members of the public would be shocked at the decision to use XY.
He said public confidence in police would be "substantially diminished" if they knew police had chosen "such an individual" to be involved.
He added XY was paid £9,680 over 21 months by Northumbria Police for informing.
Mr Patton said police claimed they carried out a risk assessment, but that the "very next day" after he was recruited, XY was in court for a dishonesty offence.
After he was recruited, XY was arrested in September 2015 on suspicion of inciting sexual activity with a child after a teenage girl claimed a man approached her and made an indecent proposition.
The informant was later told he would face no action after he took part in an identity parade.
XY, who was on the Sex Offenders' Register, also failed to notify police he had moved house, Mr Patton said.
David Hislop QC, representing another defendant, said XY had 13 previous convictions, including 26 offences of dishonesty.
ACCORDING TO THE COPS: Northumbria Police defend their decision to use a convicted rapist in Operation Sanctuary
CHIEF Constable Steve Ashman has defended the decision by police to use a convicted rapist as an informant in their operation.
Claiming police had "thrown the kitchen sink" at the case, he said XY was an informant that helped police.
He said: "(XY) was a convicted rapist and to some of us the thought of the police engaging with such a person and paying them for information may appear repugnant, however he proved he was in a position whereby he could, and did, alert police to situations which allowed them to prevent offending and provide safeguarding measures towards potential victims."
He said that the use of such tactics were always overseen by a police officer, adding the IPCC had not found any misconduct had taken place.
He added: "In the case of XY it is clear that his relationships with others have allowed the police to prevent and detect some of the most serious crimes occurring in our communities, this would not have been possible through conventional methods."
By the end of January 2014, Operation Sanctuary was set up and police had already made nearly 30 arrests.
To date, authorites have arrested 461 people, spoken to 703 potential complainants and have found 278 victims.
In total. police now have 93 convictions delivering more than 300 years of imprisonment in addition to today’s convictions.
Giving evidence from behind a screen, and with the public gallery cleared, XY said he had been a paid informant for six or seven years.
He told the abuse of process hearing that police tasked him "to find out what was going on in the area, when parties were taking place, where there was criminal activity".
"There were certain individuals they were very interested in, which I was close to," he said.
Operation Shelter was part of a force-wide, bigger investigation known as Operation Sanctuary.
Judge Moreland turned down the abuse of process application, ordering that the trials of the defendants should not be thrown out.
She also found that there was no evidence that XY was guilty of any sexual misconduct towards any complainants in the cases.
However good the force's intentions, their misguided actions run entirely counter to all current child protection procedures and what we know about sex offenders and could have compromised this investigation
Jon Brown
Jon Brown, of the NSPCC, said: "We are appalled to learn that police paid a child rapist and planted him in the midst of vulnerable young girls. You just couldn't make it up.
"It beggars belief that it would ever have been considered, let alone approved, and serious questions must be asked about the force's approach to child sexual exploitation operations.
"However good the force's intentions, their misguided actions run entirely counter to all current child protection procedures and what we know about sex offenders and could have compromised this investigation.
"What we mustn't forget in all this is the victims who were preyed on by a series of despicable men for their own sexual gratification. It is right that these men are now behind bars."
"Groomers trick young people into believing that they have chosen to be in this situation and will use them however they like for their own twisted pleasure.
"We want every child and young person to understand what sexual exploitation is, and know that it is categorically not their fault."
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