One of the six victims was a 14-year-old girl who became addicted to cocaine given to her by the men and was then passed around for sex in Newcastle
The four Romanian men and one Albanian man were found guilty of multiple offences committed in Gateshead between 2015 and 2019, with prosecutors saying the group targeted vulnerable girls in Saltwell Park.
A sixth man, Ionut Mihai, was found not guilty of all offences.
- Leanoard Paun, 23, was found guilty of sexual activity with a child and one count of rape in relation to Girl B, but cleared of four further rape offences for the same victim, also found guilty of two counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, distributing an indecent image of a child and supplying Class A drugs.
- https://www.northumbria.police.uk/news/northumbria/news/convictions-and-sentencings/five-men-found-guilty-of-sexual-offence-against-children-in-gateshead/
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