LIVE: Seven men who groomed and raped two girls in Rochdale face justice - updates

Seven men are due to face justice after being found guilty of a series of historic sexual offences committed against two girls in Rochdale.

The girls, who were teenagers at the time in the mid 2000s, were groomed and sexually abused for years. They were treated as 'sex slaves' and were expected to have sex 'whenever and wherever' in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses.

'Girl A' and 'Girl B', who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave evidence during a five month trial, which began at the end of January and concluded in June.

Their abusers were mainly either taxi drivers or market stall traders in the town. The girls were 'passed around' for sex by the predators before being discarded.

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Mohammed Zahid, 64; Kasir Bashir, 50; Mushtaq Ahmed, 66; Roheez Khan, 39; Mohammed Shahzad, 43; Nisar Hussain, 43; and Naheem Akram, 48, had all denied the charges they faced.

Zahid was the only offender to abuse both girls. Bashir did not attend the trial and jurors were ordered not to speculate why. After the verdicts were delivered, it was revealed that he absconded while on bail before the trial got under way.

A sentencing hearing, which is expected to last three days, is due to begin at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester from 10.30am.

Here is a full list of the seven defendants' convictions:

Mohammed Zahid, of Station Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, was found guilty of ten counts of rape, four counts of indecency with a child, five counts of procuring a girl to have unlawful sexual intercourse and one count of attempting to procure a girl to have unlawful sexual intercourse

Mushtaq Ahmed, of Corona Avenue, Oldham, found guilty of