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The 'fawning' BBC Newsnight documentary about two Syrian refugee brothers who have now been convicted of the rape of a 13-year-old girl seven times has been revealed.
Brothers Omar and Mohamed Badreddin, along with two others, were sentenced to a total of 38.5 years for the rape of the child between August 2018 and April 2019 in Newcastle Crown Court this week.
Mohamed, 23, was convicted of six counts of rape and one of assault by penetration and was sentenced to 13 years in prison, while his brother Omar, 26, was convicted of five counts of rape and sentenced to 18 years in jail.
In 2016 the Badreddin family took part in a BBC documentary, titled 'To hell and back: the story of a Syrian family given refuge in the UK', which followed them on an 11-month journey from Syria to Newcastle as part of the Syrian refugee resettlement programme.
Mohamed, 23, was convicted of six counts of rape and one of assault by penetration
Omar, 26, was convicted of five counts of rape and sentenced to 18 years in jail
The brothers, Mohamed (left) and Omar (right) pictured in the 2016 BBC documentary
During the filming of the documentary, the BBC was made aware of ongoing criminal proceedings against Omar, then aged 18, who was accused of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old-girl.
They were later accused of sitting on this information for several weeks before the allegations were aired.
Back then Omar was found not guilty by a Newcastle Jury in a trial that lasted two weeks, as there had been several reported issues with translations in the trial and 'inconsistencies with the evidence against him'.
Katie Razall, a former Newsnight journalist interviewed the Badreddin family following the trial about the experience.
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