’12-year-old repeatedly raped by African grooming gang’

A girl was sexually abused and raped by an African child grooming gang for more than two years, a court heard. The victim who was then 12, met Samuel Desta, 24, on a bus to Folkestone, Kent, on January 2016, jurors heard. She was abused by Desta, alongside Binyam Kasey, 23, Ismail Ahmed, 23, Michael Fisahatsion, 23, Samir Mohammed, 31, Bereket Tesfargirgis, 23, Yemani Mengistab, 21, Romsegad Hailu, 32, Haben Gebreyohannes,24 and Matusala Tadesse, 22, it is claimed. During that…