A 65-year-old Pakistani-origin man, known as "Boss Man", has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for leading a grooming gang that raped two schoolgirls in the UK's Rochdale. Operating from his lingerie stall at Rochdale Indoor Market, Mohammed Zahid lured the 13-year-old victims with free underwear, money, and alcohol, expecting regular sexual favours for himself and his associates in return.

Additionally, six other Pakistani-origin men also received lengthy prison sentences.

Mohammed Zahid was one of seven men convicted in June by a jury at Manchester Minshull Street Court of committing various sexual offences against the girls between 2001 and 2006, the UK's Daily Mail reported.

The convictions mark the first successful prosecution of a grooming gang since Labour government was accus

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