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Latest news in Yorkshire: October 20, 2018 11:27:29 AM
Twenty men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that
raped and abused girls as young as 11 in Huddersfield.
The men were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls.
Victims were plied with drink and drugs and then “used and abused at
will” in a seven-year “campaign of rape and abuse” between 2004 and
2011.
At Leeds Crown Court, the ringleader, Amere Singh Dhaliwal, 35, was
jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years.
Other members of the gang were jailed for between five and 18 years but
the court heard many perpetrators have never been identified.
Details of the men’s convictions and sentences can only now be published
after reporting restrictions on a series of trials were partially
lifted.
During the three trials, jurors heard how the men – who are all British
Asians mainly of Pakistani heritage – preyed on young, vulnerable girls,
one of whom was described as having the mental age of a seven-year-old.
The men, all from Yorkshire, went by nicknames including “Dracula” –
which Nahman Mohammed was known as.
Mohammed Imran Ibrar was known as “Bully”, Abdul Rehman was nicknamed
“Beastie”, while Nasarat Hussain was known as “Nurse”.
Jailing 16 of the men earlier this year, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said:
“The way you treated these girls defies understanding; this abuse was
vile and wicked.
“As cases of sexual abuse with which the courts have to deal, this case
comes top of the scale.”
As married father-of-two Dhaliwal was sentenced, the judge told him:
“The extent and gravity of your offending far exceeds anything which I
have previously encountered.
“Children’s lives have been ruined and families profoundly affected by
seeing their children, over months and years, out of control, having
been groomed by you and other members of your gang.”
The convicted men:
Amere Singh Dhaliwal, 35, of Holly Road, Huddersfield, guilty of 54
counts, including 22 counts of rape, sentenced to life with a minimum
term of 18 years
Irfan Ahmed, 34, of Yews Hill Road, Huddersfield, guilty of one count of
sexual assault and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation,
sentenced to eight years
Zahid Hassan, 29, of Bland Street Huddersfield, guilty of six counts of
rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of sexual assault, one
count of trafficking for sexual exploitation, two counts of child
abduction, two counts of supplying class A drugs sentenced to 18 years
Mohammed Kammer, 34, of West View, Huddersfield, guilty of two counts of
rape, sentenced to 16 years
Mohammed Rizwan Aslam, 31, of Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, guilty of two
counts of rape, sentenced to 15 years
Abdul Rehman, 31, of Darnely Drive, Sheffield, guilty of supplying a
class C drug, one count of rape, one count of assault and one count of
trafficking for sexual exploitation, sentenced to 16 years
Raj Singh Barsran, 34, of Caldercliffe Road, Huddersfield, guilty of
rape and two counts of sexual assault, sentenced to 17 years
Nahman Mohammed, 32, of West View, Huddersfield, guilty of two counts of
rape and one count of trafficking for sexual exploitation, sentenced to
15 years
Mansoor Akhtar, 27, of Blackmoorfoot Road, Huddersfield, guilty of two
counts of rape and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation,
sentenced to eight years
Wiqas Mahmud, 38, of Banks Crescent, Huddersfield, guilty of three
counts of rape, sentenced to 15 years
Nasarat Hussain, 30, of Upper Mount Street, Huddersfield, guilty of
three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, sentenced to 17
years
Sajid Hussain, of 33, of Grasmere Road, Huddersfield, guilty of two
counts of rape, sentenced to 17 years
Mohammed Irfraz, 30, of North Road, Huddersfield, guilty of child
abduction and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation,
sentenced to six years
Faisal Nadeem, 32, of Carr Green, Huddersfield, guilty of rape and
supplying class A drugs, sentenced to 12 years
Mohammed Azeem, 33, of Wrose Road, Bradford, guilty of five counts of
rape, sentenced to 18 years
Manzoor Hassan, 38, of Bland Street, Huddersfield, guilty of
administering a noxious substance, inciting child prostitution and
supplying a class A drug, sentenced to five years
Mohammed Akram, 33, of Springdale Street, Huddersfield, guilty of two
counts of rape and two counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation and
awaiting sentencing
Niaz Ahmed, 54, of Woodthorpe Terrace, Huddersfield, guilty of sexual
assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and awaiting
sentencing
Asif Bashir, 33, of Thornton Lodge Road, Huddersfield, guilty of, rape
and attempted rape and awaiting sentencing
Mohammed Imran Ibrar, 34, of Manchester Road, Huddersfield, guilty of
trafficking for sexual exploitation and assault and awaiting sentencing
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