A young girl who was sexually abused by three men was mocked by a woman,
who suggested she should “get some money” from her alleged attackers, a
court heard today (Tuesday).
Chinyere Chikwe, 43, allegedly knew the schoolgirl was being abused
at various addresses in Poplar and Stepney between the ages of nine and
11, but did nothing to prevent it.
Mohammed Rafique, 53, of Candy
Street, Bow, is accused of sexually assaulting the child, over a three
year period from March 2003 until February 2006.
Snaresbrook Crown
Court heard two other men attacked the girl too, with Sunday Ajayi, 48,
accused of raping her, while Chinedu ‘Oscar’ Anyanwu, 43, is alleged to
sexually assaulted her.
The girl, now 18, confided in a relative last year before a complaint was lodged to police, jurors heard.
Prosecutor
Edmund Gritt said: “Chinyere [Chikwe] is accused of mocking her
warnings that Rafique was abusing her. She said, ‘try and get some money
off him’.
“Chinyere was a drug user and sex worker to fund her drug habit.”
Rafique was one of Chickwe’s clients, he added, while Ajayi had been her boyfriend, and Anyanwu was her friend.
Chikwe, of Lensbury Way, Abbey Wood, denies cruelty to a person under 16.
Rafique
denies indecency with a child, two counts of sexual assault of a child
under 13, two counts of indecent assault and attempted rape of a child
under 13.
Ajayi, of West Road, Stratford, denies rape of a child under 13 and two counts of attempted rape.
Anyanwu, of Statham Grove, Edmonton, denies attempted rape of a child under 13, and various other sexual offences.
The trial continues.
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