Teen rape hotel in Batley loses licence

A hotel where two paedophilies drugged and raped their schoolgirl victims has been stripped of its premises licence.
By Mike Muncaster
Published 14th Jun 2013, 12:30 BST

The Alder House Hotel, Batley, had its licence revoked by a panel of councillors at Dewsbury Town Hall earlier today (Friday).

In March, Shazad Rehman and Bilal Hussain were jailed at Bradford Court Crown for a total of 36 years for the druging and raping of vunerable schoolgirls they picked up off the streets in Keighley.

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The girls were plied with vodka and cannabi and smuggled into hotels, including Alder House Hotel and the Campanile Hotel in Bradford.

The abuse took place across May and June 2011 and a trial revealed the men took three 14-year-old girls to the Towngate Road hotel on more than one occasion.

The hotel is no longer permitted to serve alcohol, but will remain open as bed and breakfast accomodation.

Nadeem Hussain became manager of the hotel last September, and had no involvement in the hotel at the time of the incidents.

Mr Hussain’s solicitor, Paul Normandale, said his client would appeal the decision.

Read the full story in next week’s paper.

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