2018 Rotherham Pakistani grooming gang are jailed for a total of 101 years after sexually assaulting young girls including victim who was ‘passed around by 100 Asian men’ by age of 16
Rotherham grooming gangs having been raping little girls without fear since the 1990s. Some victims were as young as 11 but, according to an unpublished Home Office report in 2002, South Yorkshire Police and Rotherham Council regarded them not as grooming victims but youngsters who had made a lifestyle choice.
- 2018 Pakistani Grooming Gang member
- Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 37, of Godstone Road, Wellgate, Rotherham, S60 2, was found guilty of one rape, one charge of aiding and abetting rape, three indecent assaults, one charge of procuring a girl under 21 to have unlawful sexual intercourse with another and one sexual assault – 23 years
- 2024 Rotherham grooming Gang
- Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar (DOB: 22/08/81) pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault at Sheffield Crown Court on 17 October 2023 He was sentenced at the same court on 18 December 2023, 12 years to run concurrently
October 2023
Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar who is serving a 23-year prison term for leading a gang that sexually exploited children in Rotherham has admitted raping a 13-year-old girl.
Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar was jailed in 2018 following a police inquiry into child sex abuse offences committed in the town between 1997 and 2013.
At Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, he admitted raping a teenager between 20 August 2001 and 16 July 2002.
The 42-year-old is due to be sentenced at the same court on 18 December.
According to the court, Akhtar, formerly of Godstone Road, Rotherham, changed his plea at a mention hearing earlier and pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and two of indecent assault.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on multiple occasions he picked up the victim in his car and drove her to different locations before raping her between 2001 and 2002.
He groomed the teenager by providing her with alcohol and drugs each time they met, said a spokesperson.
“At the time, the victim was led to believe she was in a relationship with Akhtar, who would threaten to drive her to unknown locations and leave her stranded if she did not comply with his demands for sex,” the CPS said.
“On one occasion, when she did refuse to engage in sexual activity, she recalled having to walk for hours after she was kicked out of the car by Akhtar in the early hours of the morning.”
- Other Members of the 2018 Pakistani grooming gang in Rotherham
- Nabeel Kurshid, 35, of Weetwood Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of two rapes and one indecent assault
- Iqlak Yousaf, 34, Tooker Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of two rapes and two indecent assaults
- Tanweer Ali, 37, of Godstone Road, Rotherham, was found guilty of two rapes, two indecent assaults and one charge of false imprisonment
- Salah Ahmed El-Hakam, 39, Tudor Close, Sheffield, was found guilty of one rape
- Asif Ali, 33, of Clough Road, Rotheham, was found guilty of two indecent assaults
- Mohammed Doe, who cannot be named, was found guilty of two rapes