By MIKE SULLIVAN, Crime Editor
Published: Today
TWO "Pied Piper" paedophiles who cruised around in a BMW luring schoolgirls for a child-sex gang were last night facing life in jail.
Abid Siddique, 27, and Mohammed Liaqat, 28, "impressed" vulnerable girls with their 5-series motor and by giving them cigarettes, vodka and cocaine.
Convicted ... (from left) Rehman, Kumar and Blackham
The evil pair then raped them or took them to sex parties for their perverted pals.
The youngest victim - in one of Britain's worst under-age sex cases - was just TWELVE.
Ringleaders Siddique and Liaqat were among eight men convicted of offences against youngsters during three trials.
Both were married with children and believed by their families to be devout Muslims.
Undercover cops in Derby watched as the child catchers targeted mainly white girls on their way home from school, at train stations or on housing estates.
The probe, called Operation Retriever, rescued 27 girls. But cops suspect the real toll may be 60.
At Leicester Crown Court, Siddique was convicted of a string of charges including four rapes, false imprisonment, sex with a child and causing a child to be involved in sexual activity.
Liaqat was convicted of rape, two sex assaults, sexual activity with a child and aiding and abetting rape and affray.
Both men will be sentenced on January 7.
Six other defendants have already been convicted and sentenced to a total of more than 19 years for related offences.
They are: Mohamed Rehman, 26, Akshay Kumar, 38, Graham Blackham, 26, Liaqat's brother Naweed, 33, Farooq Ahmed, 28, and Faisal Mehmood, 24.
Later, Det Insp Sean Dawson said: "We were shocked at how widespread the abuse was.
"The girls were impressed by them - suddenly they had gone from mundane lives to being showered with gifts.
"Once they had them in their control they would demand sex, and if the girls tried to refuse they would become very aggressive."
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