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Jury Discharged in Rochdale Rape Case; Retrial Pending
12/12/2025
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Story summary
- The jury at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court has been discharged for legal reasons.
- Six men, including Tahir Rashid, 54, face rape and other sexual offence charges tied to two teenage girls in Rochdale from 2003 to 2006.
- Rashid is accused of raping a third girl in the late 1980s.
- Mohammed Saleem, Sucklane Shah, Itfaq Hussain, Arshad Mohammed, and Amjad Mahmood deny allegations.
- A retrial date has not yet been set.
