Woman thought alleged Rochdale abuser was her ‘best friend’, court hears

Girl A, who has accused eight men of grooming and abusing her, said she felt like ‘snake in the grass’ for coming forward

A woman who has accused eight men from Rochdale of grooming and abusing her as a child wept as she told police she used to consider one of the alleged abusers to be her “best friend”.

The woman, known as Girl A to protect her identity, told detectives that she felt “like a snake in the grass” for accusing Jahn Shahid Ghani of abusing her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s.