A MAN has been jailed for 12 years for repeatedly raping a vulnerable teenage girl who was plied with drugs and alcohol by a group of males who sexually degraded and humiliated her.

Usman Sultan, 30, was a teenager himself when he raped the girl three times in 2009.

Sultan, of Lawkholme Lane, Keighley, wept as Judge Andrew Hatton told him the underage child had been sexually exploited by many men.

Her harrowing victim personal statement spoke of the deep psychological damage inflicted on her.

Sultan, who was sentenced on a video link to HMP Leeds where he was remanded, was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court last year of three counts of rape.

He is the eighth defendant to be sentenced following two trials involving the same complainant.

Prosecutor Kama Melly QC said Sultan raped the girl in a toilet, a park in Keighley and a car when he was aged 16 or 17.

She now suffered with post-traumatic stress disorder.

John Batchelor said in mitigation that Sultan still maintained his innocence. He said it was a case of mistaken identity.

He was working hard to support his family when he was arrested ‘out of the blue’ years later.

Sultan had held down jobs at a takeaway restaurant and as a security guard, Mr Batchelor stated.

He was devastated by the shame the police investigation had brought on his respectable family.

Judge Hatton told Sultan the girl had been groomed, plied with alcohol and sexually abused by young men.

Sultan first raped her in a toilet after grabbing her. She was crying and shouting ‘no’ while others laughed and encouraged him from outside the room.

He then met her in a park and raped her again. She had agreed to see him because she thought he liked her, Judge Hatton said.

The third offence happened when Sultan and others were in a car.

Judge Hatton said the victim’s impact statement made ‘harrowing reading’. He told Sultan of the psychological damage that she now suffered.

Sultan had previous convictions for affray and a public order offence, and in 2014 was jailed for an offence of violence, the judge stated.

He will serve two-thirds of the 12 years behind bars before he is freed on licence. He must sign on the sex offender register for the rest of his life.

His co-accused in the trial have already been jailed.