Oxford 'child sex ring committed depraved abuse' 15 January 2013 Last updated at 12:53 A group of nine men targeted vulnerable young girls in Oxford and subjected them to depraved sexual abuse, the Old Bailey has heard. The men, eight from Oxford and one from Berkshire, are accused of being involved in a child sex-trafficking ring involving six girls. Between them the defendants face 51 charges including rape and trafficking. They deny the charges which relate to girls aged between 11 and 15 and cover a period from 2004 to 2012. Norman Lucas QC, prosecuting, said: "This case involves the sexual exploitation of children - young girls - by groups of men in the Oxford area." Lavished attention Mr Lucas told jurors the defendants groomed the girls, then controlled them, using them for their own sexual gratification and selling them to other men for sex. He said the men deliberately targeted girls who had troubled upbringings or unsettled home lives which which made it less likely anyone would exercise normal parental control over them or be looking out for them. Jurors were told sometimes the girls were targeted while they were drinking or playing truant. They were then groomed in a variety of ways, such as being given gifts or by being shown the care and attention they craved, the court heard. Mr Lucas said: "The attention lavished on the girls at the outset was of course entirely insincere as it was merely a device, you may conclude once you hear the evidence, to exploit their vulnerability." The trial is expected to last until April. The defendants are: Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldwych Road, Oxford Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, Oxford, and his brother Anjum Dogar, 30, of Tawney Street, Oxford Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashurst Way, Oxford Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford, and his brother Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Oxford Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Oxford Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead