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| from left to right, Muriel Coleman and Akhtar Hassan |
A woman who set up the rape of a teenage girl so she could pay off her debt has been jailed for eight years.
Muriel Coleman, of Stanley, Durham, organised meetings between the vulnerable youngster and Akhtar Hassan whose family owned the house she lived in after she fell just over £1,000 behind on her rent.
A judge said Coleman 'seems to be more sorry for herself than for her victim'.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Hassan repeatedly raped the girl and subjected her to sickening sexual abuse over a three month period early last year.
During the attacks the married father-of-three told the girl to 'shut up' and said she must co-operate for his 'pleasurement'.The attacks were carried out while Hassan’s family and children were out of the country in Pakistan.
Hassan, 37, of Stanley, County Durham, who denied the charges against him but was found guilty after a trial by a jury, was jailed for 13 years.
Coleman, of Brandon, County Durham, had admitted what she did and gave evidence against Hassan during the case.
Coleman pleaded guilty at the start of the trial to two offences of encouraging or assisting a sexual offence.
Akhtar denied four charges of rape and one of attempted rape, but was found guilty of all counts.
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Trial: Muriel Coleman helped her landlord find a girl he could rape, a court heard
Accused: Hassan Akhtar allegedly raped a teenage girl on several occasions
Culled from DAILY MAIL
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