Rotherham grooming gang members handed bail now on the run after raping schoolgirl – and may have left Britain

Two men convicted in their absence of raping and exploiting a schoolgirl in Rotherham are being sought by the National Crime Agency (NCA), which is appealing for information. Their whereabouts matter because they have not yet been sentenced or brought into custody, while a third convicted man is detained.

Mudasar Hussain, 37, was convicted of 12 counts of rape; his brother Ghazanfar Hussain, 42, was also convicted and is remanded in custody ahead of sentencing. Kamir Khan, 37, was convicted of two counts of rape and one of trafficking for sexual exploitation. Mudasar had been on conditional bail and surrendered his passport, but may have left Britain illegally; Khan was on unconditional bail, flew to Qatar on 22 September and is believed to have travelled on to Pakistan.