Friends jailed for sex attacks on schoolgirls

ONE LOCKED UP FOR RAPE, THE OTHER FOR ABUSE

- By ROB KENNEDY Court Reporter

Amit Gulati was jailed for 27 years and Manideep Bolishetty, above right, was jailed for seven years after they were convicted of the crimes

A CHILD rapist who subjected two vulnerable youngsters to a series of shocking attacks has been locked up for 27 years.

Amit Gulati left both schoolgirls traumatised by carrying out vile attacks on them to satisfy his twisted desires.

The 42-year-old was convicted of a total of 19 offences encompassing at least 56 attacks against the victims by a jury at Newcastle Crown Court.

Now he has been given the jail term while his friend, Manideep Bolishetty, who also sexually abused the victims after Gulati introduced him to one of them and encouraged him to molest the other, was also locked up.

As the pair were sentenced, victim impact statements from both girls outlined the trauma they have suffered. One of them said she was an "innocent child" when the abuse by Gulati began and said it left her "extremely scared".