Two grooming gang members in Rotherham have been handed a pair of decades-long prison sentences for raping girls who were "vulnerable in the extreme".

Ivorian national Romauld Stefan Houphouet, 37, and Zimbabwean Absolom Sigiyo, 42, who both lived in the Yorkshire town,were found guilty of raping two 15-year-old girls countless times between 2011 and 2012.

The vile pair's victims told investigators they were taken to numerous "parties" in Rotherham where they were given alcohol and abused by the men, some of whom openly referred to them as "fresh meat".

At Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday, Houphouet was sentenced to 20 years behind bars, while Sigiyo was given an 18-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

Absolom Sigiyo (left) and Romauld Stefan Houphouet (right) have been jailed