Exclusive:South Yorkshire grooming duo allegedly plied 12-year-old girl with cocaine until she was 'out of it'
When one of the men was told the girl was 12, he reportedly said: “It’s just age.”
Two men accused of grooming seven teenagers allegedly plied a 12-year-old with cocaine before abusing her.
A trial is underway at Sheffield Crown Court for two men charged with trafficking and sexually abusing seven underage girls after grooming them with alcohol, cash, drugs and e-cigarettes.
The girls, some of whom were known to each other, are alleged to have been targeted and abused by defendants, Bawan Harwe, 28, and Sharam Muhamadi, 20, in 2024.
Evidence from Girl C
At court on Wednesday (May 13), a jury heard a video interview one of the alleged victims - designated Girl C, who was 14 at the time - gave police where she described witnessing Harwe ply a 12-year-old with cocaine before abusing her repeatedly.
“She was out of it,” said Girl C. “[The 12-year-old victim] did three lines of coke.
“Karo [Harwe, as he was known on Snapchat] took her into the bathroom.
“After that she was walking around in her underwear.
“Karo took her into the bedroom again saying they’d be a while.”
Girl C described how she was introduced to ‘Karo’ because he advertised e-cigarettes on Snapchat.
But prosecutors say this was part of Harwe’s pattern of offending by grooming girls with free e-cigarettes and cash before having them trafficked to several Doncaster addresses so he could rape them.
Girl C was present on two nights where she and other girls were allegedly raped by Harwe and Muhamadi.
She described on one occasion how Muhamadi (20) said he was 17, Murwe (28) said he was 16, while Girl C and another victim said their were 15 and 14.
On that night, Girl C said she and the other victim were each given dresses and told to shower before being given alcohol and cannabis.
Both girls were allegedly raped multiple times despite telling the men to stop, and told to shower after each offence.
“I said ‘no, I don’t like this’,” Girl C told police. “So Karo put his hand over my mouth.
“I tried to bite his hand. He told me to ‘give up’.”
They stayed the night, and reportedly woke up the next morning to the two men shaking their bed and telling them to leave. The girls reportedly found money stuffed into their bras.
12-year-old girl given cocaine
On another night soon afterwards, Girl C was again at an address with Harwe and Muhamadi, this time along with a 12-year-old girl.
When Harwe was told the girl was 12, he reportedly said: “It’s just age.”
The 12-year-old victim was given cocaine, and both girls were repeatedly raped by each man.
Girl C also described Muhamadi asking her for sex, until he later forcefully pulled her clothes off and assaulted her while she repeatedly told him ‘no.’
After each assault, the girls were again told to shower.
The next morning, the girls were given more money and told to leave.
However, the 12-year-old girl’s mother had reported her daughter’s disappearance to the police, leading to officers finding them both at Girl C’s address.
The 12-year-old was safeguarded, and the prosecution claims evidence will show police collected DNA evidence from her underwear that matched Harwe.
The charges faced by the defendants
As Girl C’s interview was played to the jury, Harwe rested his head on the dock, or smiled to himself while shaking his head.
The defendants are accused of a total of 21 offences between them, with both men accused of multiple counts of rape and trafficking charges.
They deny the charges.
However, Harwe, 28, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to one count of rape committed against the 12-year-old victim.
He denies one further count of rape of a child under 13, along with: five counts of rape of a girl aged 13/14/15; two counts of adult meeting a girl under 16 years of age following grooming; two counts of false imprisonment and six counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view of exploitation.
Mr Muhamadi, now aged 20, of Hexthorpe Road, Doncaster, denies one count of rape of a girl aged 13/14/15; one count of rape of a girl under 13 and three counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view of exploitation.