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By News Editor Declan Wilkes Up to ten black men raped and scalded a disabled girl with caustic soda in Tottenham, a court heard yesterday. The 16-year-old with the mental age of about eight, had skin peeling off her face, genitals and chest as her attackers poured water on her intensifying the burning, jurors at Wood Green Crown Court heard. Caustic soda has been used in sex attacks to destroy DNA evidence Seven men are accused of the rape and five of Grievous Bodily Harm at a derelict house in Tottenham, north London, in January.
'Laughed and ran away'
Prosecutor Rosina Cottage told the court how the gang laughed as they ran away leaving the unnamed girl screaming in terror. It is said one defendant, Bradley Daley-Smith, told a friend: 'She was a ho and she deserved it.'
999 call played
Neighbour Helen Riddell heard the 'frantic scenes' and found the alledge3d victim withering around in agony covered in a white powder with pink patches on her peeling black skin. The harrowing 999 call was played to the jury; you could clearly hear her screaming in the background. Ms Cottage said: "Naked, screaming and crying, she was in no position to make up a cover story." The alleged victim planned to meet a friend, who is not on trial, but was instead met by Rogel McMorris, 18, who allegedly took her to the abandoned property. She has been left 'severely disfigured' despite months of operations was which caused burns to half her body - not speaking for a month after the alleged attack.
'Lured' to flat
The girl had originally planned to meet a friend, who is not standing trial, but was met by Rogel McMorris, 18, who apparently took her to the abandoned property. Ms Cottage said she was probably picked on because she had previously agreed to sex with Mr Hendricks and Daley-Smith in a bid to be popular. McMorris, of Stockwell, South London; Daley-Smith, 22, and Miguel Almeida, 22, both of Edmonton, North London; Jason Brew, 19, and Bruno Abrantes, 24, both of Tottenham; Hector Muaimba, 20, of Walthamstow, East London; and Opeyemi Ismail, 20, of Leyton, East London all deny two counts of rape. Five also deny GBH with intent. The trial continues.
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