Top, l-r: Bogdan Gugiuman, Codrin Dura, Stefan Ciuraru; Bottom, l-r: Klaudio Aleksiu, Leonard Paun (Image: Northumbria Police)

Traumatised victims of a group of men convicted of a series of sex offences against them when they were teenage girls have outlined their suffering. Codrin Dura, 27, Leonard Paun, 24, Bogdan Gugiuman, 44, Klaudio Aleksiu, 28 and Stefan Ciuraru, 22, who are from Romania and Albania, were all found guilty of offences which took place between 2015 and 2019 against girls aged between 13 and 16, after an eight-week trial at Newcastle Crown Court .

During the trial, prosecutor Anne Richardson told the jury that the six girls involved were vulnerable, with one being reported missing at one stage. She said some had "unhappy home lives" and were "dependant" on some of

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