A pensioner who repeatedly raped a deaf and mute girl he trafficked into the UK to work as his domestic servant has been jailed for 13 years.
Ilyas Ashar, 84, sexually abused his vulnerable victim from the moment he brought her into the UK from Pakistan, aged around 10, in June 2000.
The girl, who is profoundly deaf and cannot speak, was beaten and slapped and forced to sleep and work in the cellar of the Ashar's family home in Cromwell Road, Eccles in Salford.
The girl was also used to steal more than £30,000 in benefits on her behalf.
The youngster was even taught enough sign language by the family so she could agree to the benefit money being handed over.
For almost a decade the girl had to work for the Ashar family, who are understood to have a number of business interests in market stalls.
Their victim had no family or friends in the UK and had never been to school in Pakistan or Britain.
Ilyas Ashar would routinely rape the girl in the cellar and other houses the family owned - though she would try to fight him off.
Ashar was convicted of 13 specimen counts of rape by a jury last week, though the court heard the rapes happened "many, many times more".
He had also been convicted at an earlier trial of two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation, two counts of furnishing false information to obtain a benefit and one of permitting furnishing of false information to obtain a benefit.
His wife, Tallat Ashar, 68, was jailed for five years for two counts of trafficking a person into the UK for exploitation, and four counts of furnishing false information to obtain a benefit.
Their daughter, Faaiza Ashar, 46, who was found guilty at an earlier trial of two counts of furnishing false information to obtain a benefit, and one count of permitting furnishing of false information to obtain a benefit, was given a 12 month community order with 300 hours of unpaid work.
Passing sentence Judge Peter Lakin said: "You Ilyas Ashar and you Tallat Ashar did not treat this girl as a human being.
"To you she was merely an object to be used, abused and cast aside at will.
"You took full advantage of her extreme vulnerability.
"You exploited her physically, you exploited her mentally and you exploited her economically.
"There was throughout a distasteful undercurrent of violence and intimidation.
"All that she had in her life was the love of her family and her own human dignity. You two took that away from her. You consigned her to a life of misery and degradation.
"Throughout these proceedings not one of you have shown any remorse.
"You are concerned with your own selfish, self-centred interests.
"You Ilyas and Tallat Ashar are deeply unpleasant, highly manipulative and dishonest people."
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