The victim said she was “plied with drugs and alcohol to numb the abuse”.

Giving evidence at trial, she recalled one instance where men had been “queuing up” in the corridor of a flat to have sex with her.

She said she was “groomed”, then “passed on to other men”, and later became addicted to alcohol and drugs, which she used as a “coping mechanism”.

“Nothing in this world can ever fix the damage I have been through – because of them I lost my identity.”

Hussain, of Mornington Street, was jailed for six-and-a-half years for two counts of rape, to be served concurrently.

He gave the girl heroin and had sex with her on two occasions, Judge Nadim told the hearing. At the time he was aged between 18 and 19.

Mitigating, Jayne Beckett said Hussain, who later served time in jail for drug offences, was now married with children and was a “very, very, very different man” who was involved with his local mosque and school.

Judge Nadim told Hussain his crimes had “come back to haunt you and those who hold you in great affection”.

He said: “Messages must go out loud and clear that the criminal justice system will do all it can to protect the young and vulnerable members of our community.”

Hussain smiled and waved at his family members in the public gallery before he was taken away to begin his sentence.