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In 2004, aged 12, Lara attracted the attention of local drug dealer Mohammed Karrar, then 29, after he spotted her hanging out with friends. He ran a crack den in a run-down part of Oxford.
Manipulative and well-versed in child grooming, he befriended her and Lara began to spend time with him and his associates, who plied her with drink and drugs and got her hooked on crack cocaine.
"I wished I could fall asleep and not wake up."
Soon after, he began to force her to dress in adult underwear and have sex with men as payment for drugs.