Man jailed after being caught with condoms in his pocket trying to meet 'schoolgirl'

Kashif Mahmood arrived successful the UK successful 2010 (Image: GMP)

A antheral who lied astir his property to conscionable up with what helium thought was a 13-year-old miss was caught by constabulary astatine a railway presumption with condoms stashed successful his pocket, a tribunal has heard.

Kashif Mahmood, 37, who came to the UK successful 2010, told the societal media account, which had the illustration of a teenage girl, that helium was 25-years-old.

Manchester Evening News reports Mahmood began engaging successful intersexual connection with the relationship via Snapchat, telling her helium wanted to "kiss and cuddle" earlier asking if she "wanted to bash different stuff".

Mahmood had requested the determination of the kid and archetypal asked to beryllium friends, earlier the speech progressed and helium suggested gathering up with her, Minshull Street Crown Court, successful Manchester, was told.

When arriving astatine Manchester's Piccadilly station, aft booking a bid summons for the relationship to conscionable with what helium believed to beryllium a teenager, constabulary located Mahmood successful his locked car, erstwhile helium began "desperately trying to region contented from his mobile phone" earlier the windows were smashed.

Peter Malone, prosecuting, said pursuing an enactment betwixt the pair, wherever the "girl" said she was astatine schoolhouse and had to instrumentality to class, checks were made and the relationship talking to the 'girl' "was associated with Mahmood and an code successful Rochdale".

Further interactions were recorded again successful June and shared with constabulary and the Regional Organised Crime Unit Network (ROCU). The tribunal was past told however Mahmood had sent a bid summons to the account, for the miss to conscionable him astatine Piccadilly presumption connected June 27.

Piccadilly railway presumption successful Manchester is wherever they planned to conscionable (Image: MEN )

"It was suspected that this was done for the intent of intersexual activity," Mr Malone added. "At 11.40, a postulation serviceman saw a conveyance linked to the suspect adjacent to the prime up point.

"Officers made their mode to this country and blocked the BMW. The serviceman told the suspect that helium was a constabulary serviceman and tried to unfastened the driver's door."

The tribunal was told that Mahmood was "rrying to bash thing with his mobile phone". which officers had suspected was him "trying to delete information", and truthful a determination was made to smash the model to apprehension him.

Two mobile phones were seized, on with cash. Officers besides recovered 2 condoms successful his backmost pocket, the tribunal was told. Messages and photos were recovered connected the chat log erstwhile constabulary downloaded accusation from his device.

Mahmood, who had nary erstwhile convictions, was bailed connected June 29 past twelvemonth with conditions, but was arrested successful October for breaching his bail.

In mitigation, Raj Chopra said that Mahmood, of Royds Street, Rochdale, who had moved to the UK successful 2010, had "fallen into depression" earlier the incidental and was taking medication, meaning that his "thinking was diminished".

Mr Chopra said that Mahmood had described the incidental arsenic a "silly mistake" and that helium claimed helium was dyslexic, adding that household had encouraged him to usage societal media to amended his societal life.

"He said helium had ne'er utilized societal media earlier that," Mr Chopra told the court. "He said this was wholly retired of quality and that his household had suggested helium articulation societal media. He is precise remorseful for his behaviour and accepts his actions were a silly mistake."

His Honour Judge Jason MacAdam responded: "You described your defending to a probation serviceman arsenic a silly mistake. That is nonsense.

"In June, utilizing Snapchat, you communicated with a idiosyncratic that made it wide she was 13 years of age. You groomed her, making notation to the 2 of you being intimate and arranged to conscionable astatine Piccadilly.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard the lawsuit connected Monday (Image: Getty )

"You claimed you're dyslexic and that a photograph made her look older. If each that is the case, past wherefore would you archer her not to archer her parent who she was meeting?

"When you were arrested you were recovered to person 2 condoms successful your pocket. The grounds against you is overwhelming from the communications you sent.

"I concur that you don't instrumentality work for your offending. Because you proceed to minimise your offending, I cannot judge your assertion of being remorseful."

Mahmood, 37, appeared astatine Minshull Crown Court connected Monday wherever helium was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months imprisonment aft pleading blameworthy to attempted intersexual connection with a child, arranging/facilitating the committee of a kid enactment offence and attempting to conscionable a kid pursuing grooming.

He was besides fixed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and volition beryllium connected the Sex Offenders Register for life.

NWROCU detectives took implicit the probe and arrested Mahmood successful Manchester City Centre the pursuing time (27 June 2024) portion helium was waiting successful his car to conscionable a kid helium had groomed online.

Detective Constable Adam Cronshaw from the NWROCU said: "When we arrived to apprehension Mahmood, his car was locked, and helium was desperately trying to region contented from his mobile phone.

"We were forced to smash the model and region him from the conveyance to prehend his telephone earlier helium could delete immoderate grounds of his actions. When we searched Mahmood, we seized 2 condoms from his backmost pouch which intelligibly demonstrates his intent.

"Offenders similar Mahmood judge they tin fell down a machine oregon telephone surface and debar conviction, but this is intelligibly not the case. We collaborate with instrumentality enforcement crossed the state to safeguard children from danger, whether it occurs successful idiosyncratic oregon online.

“I anticipation this condemnation volition enactment arsenic a reminder that determination are nary borders erstwhile it comes to intersexual abuse, it tin hap anyplace and the interaction is devastating. If you person experienced immoderate signifier of intersexual abuse, oregon cognize of a kid being abused, delight travel guardant and study this to police."

If you are a kid oregon young idiosyncratic suffering intersexual oregon carnal abuse, the pursuing organisations tin besides supply assistance and support:

NSPCC – telephone 0808 800 5000 oregon email help@nspcc.org.uk.

Childline – telephone 0800 1111