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A woman told police she was drunk and 'probably falling all over the place' when she had sex as a schoolgirl with the alleged 'ringleader' of a Rochdale-based grooming gang, a court heard.

Recordings of video interviews 'Girl C' gave to police in 2016 were played to a jury on Tuesday in the ongoing trial of six men from the town at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. They all deny the charges they face.

Prosecutors allege Tahir Rashid, 54, gave his victim vodka then raped her in a bedroom of his home on a number of occasions. The court was told he was known as 'Taz'.

One alleged victim, referred to as Girl C, said in her police interviews years later that she would run away from home aged 13 and 14 - and told of her friendship with Girl A, also an alleged victim. In

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