Reporting restrictions identifying the predators person been lifted
- Jamie Phillips, Assistant News Editor
- Published: 8:27, 7 Nov 2024
- Updated: 8:27, 7 Nov 2024
A SICK grooming pack of 20 men who raped and abused susceptible girls arsenic young arsenic 12 person been jailed.
The radical sexually abused and exploited 4 girls aged betwixt 12 and 16 successful Calderdale, West Yorkshire, betwixt 2001 and 2010.
Their identities tin present beryllium revealed for the archetypal clip aft reporting restrictions imposed owed to a fig of abstracted investigations were lifted connected Wednesday.
West Yorkshire Police archetypal received a study of the maltreatment successful 2016, earlier launching "multiple highly analyzable and delicate investigations into a fig of abstracted allegations".
The archetypal probe was made into allegations of intersexual maltreatment and exploitation involving 2 girls successful the Calderdale country betwixt 2006 and 2009.
The girls were aged betwixt 13 and 16 astatine the time.
Later successful 2016, constabulary began investigating reports of repeated intersexual maltreatment of a susceptible young miss betwixt 2002 and 2006.
The unfortunate was conscionable 13 erstwhile the maltreatment started.
A 3rd probe was opened successful 2018 aft allegations of intersexual maltreatment of a miss successful the aforesaid country betwixt 2001 and 2002.
She was aged 12 erstwhile the maltreatment began.
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Claire Smith of Calderdale District Police, said: "Firstly, I privation to admit the sheer courageousness of the victims and survivors successful each of these investigations; not lone for having the bravery to travel guardant initially but besides for enduring the transgression justness strategy and the value of transgression trials and reporting restrictions successful place.
"Due to ineligible restrictions, it has not been imaginable to publicise these outcomes until now.
The 20 men jailed for kid enactment abuse
Investigation into maltreatment of 2 girls betwixt 2006 and 2009
Trial One – opening successful October 2021 astatine Bradford Crown Court
- Shahzad Nowaz, 45, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape and making threats to kill, sentenced to a full of 11 years.
- Nadeem Nassir, 44, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape and making threats to kill, sentenced to a full of 11 years.
- Sajid Adalat, 48, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to a full of 7 years.
- Sohail Zaffer, 41, of Halifax, pled blameworthy to rape and proviso of a people C drug, sentenced to a full of 42 months.
- Shazad Nazir, 49, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to a full of 11 years.
Trial Two – commenced January 2022 Bradford Crown Court
- Nadeem Adalat, 39, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 14 years. He appealed the sentence, accrued to a full of 16 years.
- Asad Mahmood, 38, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to a full of 13 years.
- Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 39, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to a full of 9 years.
- Vaseem Adalat, 38, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 12 years, pursuing an entreaty was accrued to a full of 14 years and six months.
Investigation into maltreatment of susceptible miss betwixt 2002 and 2006
Trial One – August 2022 astatine Bradford Crown Court
- Amir Shaban, 48, of Halifax, was recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 10 years.
Trial Two – October 2022 astatine Bradford Crown Court
- Malik Quadeer, 67, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of 5 counts of rape, sentenced to 22 years.
- Mohammed Ziarab, 55, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 10 years.
- Imran Raja Yasin, 45, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 10 years.
- Kamran Amin, 48, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 10 years.
- Mohammed Akhtar, 54, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 11 years. Mr Akhtar died portion serving his sentence.
- Saquab Hussain, 46, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 7 years and 6 months.
Trial Three – January 2024 astatine Bradford Crown Court
- Haroon Sadiq, 40, of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of rape, sentenced to 10 years.
- Shafiq Ali Rafiq, 44, of Dewsbury, recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of rape, sentenced to 12 years.
- Sarfraz Rabnawaz, 39, of Bradford, recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of rape, sentenced to 9 years.
Abuse of miss aged 12 from 2001 to 2002
Trial December 2023 astatine Bradford Crown Court
- Craig Mitchell, 55 of Halifax, recovered blameworthy of rape, sentenced to 12 years.
"I invited the sentences handed to these offenders for the abhorrent maltreatment these young girls were subjected to, which was heard by the jurors successful each proceedings implicit the past fewer years.
"Tackling kid intersexual exploitation and maltreatment is simply a apical precedence for West Yorkshire Police and our partners.
"This is an abhorrent transgression which has a lifelong interaction connected victims and survivors.
"I anticipation highlighting the prosecution of these offenders volition service arsenic a reminder that we volition proceed to bash each we tin to enactment perpetrators down bars and support victims and survivors.
He added: "It’s ne'er excessively precocious to study kid intersexual abuse. I promote anyone who was abused arsenic a kid to talk to idiosyncratic and question support.
"Reports of non-recent maltreatment are handled by officers who are specially trained successful supporting victims and survivors and dealing with specified delicate cases."