Seven children were abused over nearly a decade in Walsall and Wolverhampton, police say.
David Baker, James Evans, Mark Smith, Natalie Wellington and Tracey Baker were given the longest prison sentencesTwenty-one people have been convicted for their parts in the largest ever child sex abuse case investigated by West Midlands Police.
West Midlands Police said the victims, some of whom were now adults, suffered "significant physical and mental harm". A report by the Walsall Safeguarding Children's Board, which has investigated whether opportunities to intervene earlier were missed, is expected to be published soon. Mark Smith, 34, Bloxwich Road, Walsall, jailed for 19 years with a further six years on licence and given a sexual harm prevention order for 30 years
Phillip Wellington, 50, Walsingham Street, Walsall, jailed for eight years with a further year on licence, given an indefinite restraining order and an indefinite sexual harm prevention order David Evans, 72, Adshed Road, Redcar, Cleveland, jailed for three-and-a-half years and given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order
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