image: West Yorkshire Police – Rashid Iqbal – Operation Tendersea
Rashid Iqbal, 46, of Dryclough Road, Beaumont Park, Netherton, Huddersfield, HD4 5, Jailed for 12 Years for two offences of causing or inciting a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity and two offences of indecency with a child under 14.
A man who carried out “depraved sexual offending” on a Huddersfield teenage girl has been jailed for 12 years.
Rashid Iqbal, 46, abused his victim between 2003 and 2005 when she was aged 13 to 15, Leeds Crown Court was told.
Det Ch Insp Ian Thornes, from West Yorkshire Police, said Iqbal took “advantage of her vulnerability in the worst way”.
He is the latest to be convicted as part of a major inquiry into historic child sex exploitation in Huddersfield.
Iqbal, of Dryclough Road, Crosland Moor, Netherton, Huddersfield, HD4 5, had previously been found guilty following a four-day trial.
He was jailed for two offences of causing or inciting a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity and two offences of indecency with a child under 14.
Det Ch Insp Thornes added: “Iqbal richly deserves the sentences given to him…for what was targeted and depraved sexual offending against a child.”