The British National Party’s Rotherham organiser, Marlene Guest, has demanded a full inquiry across Yorkshire into the activities of Muslim paedophile gangs after the court appearance today of eight men in a case which she has doggedly pursued for nearly a year.

The accused, all charged with sexual offences against four girls aged 13 to 17 years, were remanded in custody. The men were only brought to justice after a campaign lasting over a year launched by complaints handed in by Mrs Guest in consultation with parents of the victims.

Shazad Akbar, 22, was charged with raping a woman aged over 16; Adil Hussain, 20, was charged with raping a girl aged 13 to 15; Saeed Hussain, 28, was charged with inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity; Shaizaad Hussain, 21, was charged with two offences of raping a girl aged 13 to 15; Mohsin Khan, 21, was charged with four offences of raping a girl aged 13 to 15, and one offence of rape of a woman aged over 16; Zafran Ramzan, 21, was charged with three offences of rape of a woman aged over 16, and one offence of raping a girl aged 13 to 15; Razwan Razaq, 29, was charged with two offences of rape of a girl aged 13 to 15; and Umar Razaq, 23, was charged with raping a woman aged over 16 and engaging in sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

Some of the parents had co-operated with Mrs Guest to the point of going to BNP meetings to make sure that all the facts of the case were properly collated and laid out. Mrs Guest pursued the evidence in the face of individual police apathy and it is without any doubt the result of her hard work that the charges were finally brought against the gang.

Mrs Guest also ensured that legal advice was provided to the parents through the offices of BNP legal director Lee Barnes. It took nearly a year to persuade the authorities that there was a case to answer and that the problem, which is often swept under the carpet by the police and Crown Prosecution Service, is far more widespread than the state cares to admit.

According to Mrs Guest, there are numerous other Muslim paedophile gangs at work across Yorkshire who deliberately target underage white girls and then take advantage of them in the most appalling manner.

“This crime has been shown to be more than just a one-off incident and is now a regular pattern with a disturbingly large number of males within the Muslim community,” Mrs Guest said. “The time has come for a formal investigation into exactly how widespread it is, and for firm state action against those responsible.

“It is a disgrace that the indigenous population must suffer at the hands of such gangs while the authorities refuse to address it for fear of offending anyone. This is not a matter of offending anyone, this is a case of preventing widespread sexual abuse,” she said.

“It has to stop and if the BNP are going to be the ones to bring this matter to the public’s attention, so be it,” Mrs Guest concluded.