Sex case teen told to tell lies, court hears

An alleged victim of child prostitution claimed that two Telford men wanted her to say she had lied in interviews with police.

The young woman, now aged 19, said that both Ahdel Ali and Mubarek Ali were in contact with her after their arrest in December 2009. She told a jury at Stafford Crown Court that she travelled by train to see Mubarek Ali – whom she knew as Max – at a flat in Birmingham.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said that Ali had asked her to 'drop' her allegations.

"Max told me to say that I had lied," she said.

The jury heard the police discovered Mubarek Ali had been in contact with the witness by phone, texts and Facebook and was arrested and held in custody for a breach of bail conditions.

But the girl said that messages continued from someone else using Ali's Facebook profile.

Earlier she told the jury she was made to have sex with two restaurant workers when she was more than three months pregnant.

She said she had been with Mubarek Ali and another man in Wellington before they picked up the two men in a car outside the restaurant.

"I told Max I didn't want to but he said I had to and 'to just do it and get it over with'," she told the court.

The defendants, both of Regent Street, Wellington, deny a total of 26 allegations involving the sexual ex-ploitation of the girls.

Ahdel Ali denies an allegation of rape, 11 allegations of sexual activity with a child, three charges of controlling child prostitution, two of inciting child prostitution, an allegation of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and meeting a child after grooming.

Mubarek Ali has denied four charges of controlling child prostitution, two of trafficking for sexual exploitation and a charge of causing child prostitution.

The offences are said to have been committed when the alleged victims were aged 13 to 17.

The trial continues.

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