A grooming gang has been jailed for more than 25 years for a ‘relentless’ campaign orchestrated on Facebook.
A 12-year-old girl was repeatedly raped in a park in Levenshulme, Greater Manchester, by one of the gang, triggering a campaign of abuse by a group of men.
Their victims were bombarded with messages by brothers Sebastian Baltatu, 18, and Ilie Daniel Baltatu, 22; and cousins Parizian Calin, 20, and Adrian Calin, 20.
Other members of the gang have fled overseas and are still being hunted by police. Prosecutor Suzanne Goddard said the gang, all from Romania, exploited vulnerable girls who were all looking for friendship and people to be close to.
The first attack was on the 12-year-old girl who was raped by Sebastian Baltatu at the park before she was raped repeatedly by Parizian Calin.
Calin then took her to a ‘brothel house’ where he tried to rape her before sending another unidentified man into the room who pestered her for sex.
‘On one occasion, after having sex with her in the park, he told her to wait where she was and then another man came in and asked her to perform oral sex on him.
‘On another occasion, she was taken to a house by Parizian Calin. She refused to have sex with him.
‘Moments later, a man she had never seen before who she thought was also Romanian came into the room and asked her for oral sex. ‘The sexual demands from Parizian Calin were relentless.’
