Grooming gang who preyed on teenage girls got over £600,000 in legal aid

MEMBERS of a grooming gang who preyed on teenage girls got £611,204 in legal aid, it has emerged.

Details of the funding for the Rotherham monsters comes days after Labour went back on its abuse inquiry promises.

PA:Press AssociationRingleader Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 43, got £143,696 in legal aid.[/caption]

Seven men were jailed for a combined 101 years in 2018 for grooming and abusing five girls in the South Yorkshire town from 1998 to 2005.

Ringleader Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar...