A TEENAGE girl who claims she was sexually assaulted by six South Yorkshire men "didn't think there was anything wrong" with having a 21-year-old boyfriend, a court heard.
The schoolgirl, aged 13 at the time, said she would meet brothers Umar Razaq, 24, and Razwan Razaq, 30, in Rotherham town centre in an alleyway or in a supermarket car park, having sex with Razwan in his car.The brothers are also accused of introducing the girl, now 15, to cousin Mohammed Zafran Ramzan, 21, whom she met several times for sex in Clifton Park.
Timothy Savage, defending, said the girl told police she went out with Umar for three months, splitting up in May 2008.
"Most of the time I used to see him after school," she said.
"Then we fell out. I said to him: 'You're 21 and you want to go out with a 13-year-old. That doesn't happen'."
Mr Savage told Sheffield Crown Court the pair later got back together and she "checked out" Umar's age on Facebook hours after meeting him.
"His date of birth said he was 21," he said. "You didn't think there was anything wrong with going out with a 21-year-old man?"
"I was only a little girl," the girl told jurors, adding she "didn't look that old" when wearing ordinary clothes and make-up.
But Mr Savage said: "When you were 13, wearing your ordinary clothes and perhaps a bit of make-up, you looked far older than you were. You didn't care how old any of these men were."
The girl said one of her 12-year-old friends also went out with Razwan, telling him she was 17.
The alleged victim denied lying about her own age, saying: "I never said I was 16 to anybody."
Eight defendants are on trial accused of assaulting three 13-year-old girls and one aged 16 in Rotherham in 2008.
Umar Razaq, of Oxford Street, Clifton, Rotherham, is charged with rape and engaging in sexual activity with a 13-year-old, and Razwan Razaq, of the same address, is charged with having sex with a 13-year-old.
Mohammed Zafran Ramzan, of Broom Grove, Broom, is charged with having sex with a 13-year-old, raping a girl aged 16 and raping a girl aged 13.
Mohsin Khan, 21, of Haworth Crescent, Moorgate, Rotherham, is charged with sexual activity with a 13-year-old, while Khan and his friend Shazad Akbar, 23, of Shirecliffe Lane, Shirecliffe, are jointly charged with raping a 16-year-old.
Adil Hussain, 20, of Nelson Street, Rotherham, and Shalzaad Hussain, 22, of Clough Road, Masbrough, are charged with sexual activity with a 13-year-old.
Saeed Hussain, 29, of Hatherley Road, Eastwood, is charged with causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to engage in sexual activity.
The trial continues.
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