THREE men who groomed and sexually abused "vulnerable and impressionable" teenage girls in the UK have been jailed.


Police in Manchester say the trio plied the two girls with alcohol and drugs at parties, often to the point where they were intoxicated, at which point they were raped by one or more of the men.
The abuse took place between 2008 and 2011, when the victims, now both 18, were aged between 14 and 16.
"This has been a long-running, difficult and complex enquiry, through which we have established these two young girls have been emotionally manipulated by a group of older men into believing the sexual abuse they were subjected to was 'normal' and acceptable behaviour," Detective Chief Inspector Pete Marsh, who led the investigation, said.
"On numerous occasions, the girls were deliberately plied with alcohol to the point they could barely stand, before being raped by the men when they were not in a fit state to be able to even try and stop them."
Shamin Uddin, 26, was jailed for 19 years after being found guilty of two counts of rape, two of attempted rape and one of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.
Robert Jackson, 23, was jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of rape, and Giash Uddin, 27, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, having been found guilty of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.