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Appeal launched by jailed Telford sex case man

A man from Wellington jailed for a total of 18 years for the sexual abuse and exploitation of teenage girls in the town has lodged appeals against his conviction and sentence.

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Ahdel Ali

Ahdel Ali, 26, an unemployed delivery driver, was sentenced a year ago, along with his older brother, Mubarek Ali, who was jailed for 14 years.

Both men were said to have been the main predators and abusers in a group of Wellington men targeted by police during Operation Chalice, an investigation into sexual exploitation and human trafficking launched more than five years ago.

Ahdel Ali's appeal to the High Court against his conviction was lodged following a trial at Stafford Crown Court last year when he was found guilty of 18 offences.

The two brothers were jailed by Judge Patrick Thomas QC at Worcester Crown Court in October last year and Ahdel Ali subsequently lodged an appeal against his sentence.

A spokeswoman at The Royal Courts of Justice in London confirmed today that notices of appeal had been received from Ahdel Ali's lawyers in respect of his convictions and sentence, but no date had yet been set for a hearing.

During the trial last year the two men, both of Regent Street, Wellington, were said to have variously sexually abused, raped, trafficked, prostituted or tried to prostitute, four Telford teenagers aged between 13 and 16.

Passing sentence, Judge Thomas said the brothers' motives for the offences went beyond profit and had involved their "sheer gratuitous pleasure" in the power they exercised over their victims.

"For you it was fun, for them it was degradation," said the judge.

Ahdel Ali, who was known as Eddie, was jailed for a total of 18 years for the rape and sexual abuse of a schoolgirl and selling other teenage girls as prostitutes.

The brothers had denied all the charges – and claimed the victims had lied in court.

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