Six key members of one of Britain's worst grooming gangs have been released early and two are no longer even on licence.
The gang terrorised young girls in Oxford between 1998 and 2005 by sexually abusing them - including rape - after plying them with drugs and alcohol.
They subjected the vulnerable girls to threats and violence, made them have sex with other men and had the victims at their "mercy". One groomer lived 174 miles away from Oxford in Bolton, Lancs.
GB News can now reveal six key members of the group have all been released before serving their full sentences.
(Top Left-Centre) Alladitta Yousaf, Khalid Hussain (Bottom Left-Centre) Kameer Iqbal, Haji Khan (Top Right) Raheem Ahmed (Bottom Right) Kamran Khan
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And two have even been taken off licence, meaning a series of conditions they would have had to adhere to no longer apply.
The victims were aged between 13 and 15.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed the following men had all been released from prison.
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The rapes and assaults happened often in cars, especially a Nissan Serena (stock pic)
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Their ages were at the time of sentence in June, 2018:
- Kameer Iqbal, 39, Oxford, guilty of three counts of rape, sentenced to 12 years
- Khalid Hussain, 38, of Oxford, guilty of rape and indecent assault, sentenced to 12 years
- Kamran Khan, 36, of Bolton, guilty of indecent assault and false imprisonment, sentenced to 8 years
- Raheem Ahmed, 40 of Oxford, guilty of two counts of indecent assault and false imprisonment, sentenced to 12 years
- Alladitta Yousaf, 48, of Oxford, guilty of indecent assault, sentenced to 7 years and 6 months
- Haji Khan, 38, of Oxford, guilty of conspiracy to rape, sentenced to 10 years
The rapes and assaults happened often in cars, especially a Nissan Serena people carrier, in laybys, parks and guest houses.
One of the victim's said of the people carrier: "They would pick the girls, have sex with them, and dump them. Everything happened in that Serena."
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “Our thoughts remain with all the victims in this despicable case.
“Offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions and will be sent back to prison if they break the rules.”
The six men released were part of one of the biggest trials in Oxford Crown Court's history.
Eight men were convicted for running the abuse ring on a "massive" scale across the city.
During the course of the trial, the prosecution said that one of the victims - a young girl - was taken to a B&B in Iffley Road and ordered to have sex with older men.
One of the gang rapists described the men as "uncles", he said.
The prosecutor added: "She says she has lost count of the number of 'uncles' she had sex with... After sex she would sit in the shower and scrub herself."