Maria Denine, mitigating for Sheikh, said the defendants had not been aware of her background or how vulnerable she was.
Mitigating for Uddin, Scott Ivill said his client was married with two children and any custodial sentence would cause his family to suffer.
Lindsay Cox, for Ali, said his client was also a married man.
He added: "This girl looked appreciably older than her age and she had a history of engaging with strangers."
As this is an ongoing case I'm guessing NSC rules about not making certain comments (like with the Old Bailey case) hold true and any sort of presumption potentially gets Bozza into trouble, so I reckon this is a bit of a no-go area...
We're allowed to say he's scumbag and we hate him right?As this is an ongoing case I'm guessing NSC rules about not making certain comments (like with the Old Bailey case) hold true and any sort of presumption potentially gets Bozza into trouble, so I reckon this is a bit of a no-go area...