Ahdel Ali, 25, known as Eddie, was given a 26-year extended sentence – 18 years’ immediate custody with an additional eight-year period on licence after release.
His 29-year-old brother, Mubarek Ali, known as Max, was given 22 years, 14 years’ immediate custody and eight years on licence, for seven offences – four of controlling child prostitution, causing child prostitution and two offences of trafficking in the UK for the purpose of prostitution, involving two of the victims. Both men were made the subject of lifelong Sexual Offences Prevention Orders.
Those sentences suck. Anyone who wants this country to be more like Europe just needs to go live there.
The Brits used to have quite an extensive capital punishment regime. What happened?
They’re pretty stiff sentences by British standards. You average murderer generally serves 14 years before being released on licence.