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A Huddersfield predator who had sex with a young girl and threatened to take his own life if she ended their "relationship" has been jailed.

Tyler Ward, 20, has been given an extended sentence for the offences which saw him have sex with the teenager in his room at his home in Smiths Avenue. The girl - who reported Ward to the police in 2021 - told officers his demands for sex were "persistent" and she "just gave in to please him."

Prosecutor Adam Walker told Leeds Crown Court on Monday: "She said sex took place several times and she didn't say she was forced but on the first occasion he tried put to force her hand to his groin and his head."

The court heard sexual activity that took place caused the girl pain and when she told Ward to stop he said: "Just five minutes more." Mr Walker said: "She said he would give her drugs like cocaine and alcohol. She says that he would emotionally control and manipulate her and said she did not want to take cocaine and he said she would and if she did not he would split up with her.

"He said he would kill himself and it would be her fault if she split up with him. He said if she called the police, any that came would be 'stabbed up' and he threatened her family."

While he was still under investigation for those offences in August last year at around 12.30am, Ward attempted to try and rob two men in a pub beer garden using a BB gun.

The court heard how Ward wore a black ski mask and "made demands for money." Mr Walker said one of the men grappled with Ward and thought he heard the gun be discharged before police arrived and Ward was arrested. She sad: "The man woke up in pain the next morning and there was an injury. He thought he had been shot with the BB gun. He also had a graze to his elbow."

Ward told officers in his police interview that he was, in fact, the victim, and he had gone to the pub with the imitation firearm "to show people" who he thought "would be interested."

Mr Walker said: "He said he had been assaulted and was drunk and had drunk Jack Daniel's whiskey."

The court was told Ward had three previous convictions for eight offences which he had been sentenced for as a juvenile. These included dwelling house burglary and non-dwelling burglary.

Anastasis Tasou told the court Ward had never received a custodial sentence and a pre-sentence report and psychiatric report had been undertaken. He said the psychiatric report diagnosed him with emotionally unstable personality disorder. The barrister said: "There are numerous incidences of him self harming and issues with his mood, with depression, with him seeking help for his issues."

The court was told Ward pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16 at an adjourned plea, trial and preparation hearing in November last year. He pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm at the time of committing an offences and two counts of attempted robbery in February this year.

Mr Tasou said Ward's father is sick and has a terminal condition, meaning he has been unable to visit his son while he has been remanded into custody. He said: "He is really scared and has asked me to put across that while he is serving his sentence his father may pass away. These offences occurred when he was still very young and wasn't receiving help for his mental health as he should have done."

Judge Rodney Jameson KC made Ward the subject of an extended sentence made up of five years in custody and an extended licence period of four years.

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Two sick paedophiles were caught messaging one another on WhatsApp about child sex abuse.

Ricky Cavanagh, 38, was subject to a sexual harm prevention order at the time his phone was looked at by police, who had received intelligence he had been on a number of social media sites.

Bradford Crown Court heard on Tuesday that the order had been put in place in September 2016 when Cavanagh, of no fixed abode, had been convicted of a series of sickening sexual offences including attempting to cause a girl under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Prosecutor Zabreen Alam-Cheetham, said that at the time of the breach of the order on March 18 this year, Cavanagh was managed by the Calderdale Public Protection Unit. She said: "The conditions prohibited him from making any attempt to delete any data from any device that can access the internet or refusing to show such history to a police officer." The court was told a number of concerns were raised in relation to Cavanagh due to him being "elusive" and reports which had been received.

Ms Alam-Cheetham said: "The defendant was seen by a public protection officer walking through Halifax town centre. He was stopped and spoken to and due to previous concerns and the conditions of his sexual harm prevention order was asked to produce items and he got out his phone, opened the device and the PC watched as he scrolled to media he had downloaded and deleted the Snapchat app from the device."

Cavanagh was detained and arrested and his internet history was lost but his WhatsApp conversations showed he was in conversation with another sex offender discussing the sexual abuse of children. A forensic download of his phone also showed Snapchat had been installed on nine occasions and uninstalled on eight occasions between February and March this year.

His Honour Judge Ahmed Nadim told the court Cavanagh was a "high risk sex offender." Cavanagh represented himself and said he was "happy with everything and happy to proceed."

He was jailed for 28 months and told: "You're regarded by the public protection unit as a high risk offender. Your behaviour in the community has caused the authorities some considerable concern. You're capable of plumbing to the depths of depravity.

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A Huddersfield man has been jailed this week after being found guilty of the sexual assault of a young girl.

Daniel Hill, 29, was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of a sexual touching offence and an attempted sexual touching offence. He was sentenced on Tuesday, October 11, at Leeds Crown Court.

His offences took place in Kirklees in 2021. He will also serve another 10 months in prison for an unrelated offence he'd previously got a suspended sentence for. 

West Yorkshire Police said Hill's offences were reported to them as soon as they came to light and he was quickly arrested.

DC Natalie Green of the Kirklees District Safeguarding Unit, said: “The young victim and her family have shown real courage in coming forwards and then supporting the prosecution of Hill through a trial. Their bravery has resulted in a sex offender now being behind bars.

“Specialist officers always thoroughly investigate all reports of sexual offences and we continue to urge victims to come forwards so we can seek justice for them and also, with partners, provide the support they will need.”

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Court hears 36-year-old won girl’s trust before abusing her.

A 36-year-old man has been jailed for child sex offences in Northamptonshire in 2019.

Andrew Stratford, who also goes by Andrew Summers, now of Woodhead Road Huddersfield, befriended a teenage girl on a gaming platform.

Their contact began with conversations about the game but Stratford began sending explicit messages and asking for photos and videos before abusing her.

Stratford was charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child and three of possessing indecent images.

He was sentenced to seven years, eight months at Northampton Crown Court on Tuesday (October 11).

Lead investigator, Detective Sergeant Colin Bowers, said: “Stratford used this girl’s interest in the game to get close to her.

“The young girl in this case has shown real bravery throughout this investigation.

“Northamptonshire Police takes cases like this extremely seriously. We will do everything we can to not only bring people like Stratford to justice, but to get survivors the support they need.”

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A Huddersfield man has been jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of historic sexual offences against a child.

Timothy Bird, 44, was found guilty in August of non-recent offences which included attempted rape, sexual assault and inciting a young child to engage in sexual activity. The offences took place between 2008 and 2009, reports West Yorkshire Police.

The female victim was a small child at the time and reported the offences as an older teenager, leading to an investigation by child safeguarding detectives at Kirklees Police.

Timothy Bird was arrested in 2020 following this investigation. He was then jailed earlier today (October 5, 2022). DC Suzanne Clark, who led enquiries in the case, said: "Bird richly deserves his sentence for committing very serious sexual offences against a young victim who was very much at his mercy.

"Her courage in coming forward years later and reporting what he did allowed detectives to fully investigate this case and bring this devious and predatory man to justice.

"We continue to urge anyone who has been a victim of a sexual offence to contact us.

"No matter how long ago the offending took place, police will always investigate, always listen, and do all we can to achieve justice for victims.”

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A man who raped a woman in a town centre street has been jailed for 18 years.

Mario Sztojka, 26, attacked his victim on Lower Viaduct Street in Huddersfield in the early hours of 26 May, 2021.

He was identified as a suspect days after the attack and a major operation to track him down led to his arrest in December.

Police described him as a "dangerous and predatory sex offender" who "did everything he could to evade justice".

Sztojka, of Meltham Road, Huddersfield, was found guilty of two counts of rape following a trial at Leeds Crown Court.

He was given an 18-year jail sentence and must serve at least 12 years in prison.

Det Ch Insp Marc Bowes, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "He did everything he could to evade justice for the serious sexual assault he inflicted on his victim and was caught following persistent, methodical police work which allowed us to eventually hunt him down.

"Despite strong evidence against him, he chose to put his victim through the ordeal of a trial and this has been reflected in the sentence imposed on him."

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A Kirklees man has been given a 23-year extended sentence after pleading guilty to a series of serious sex offences against young victims.

Wayne Tracey, 37, from Huddersfield was jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Monday, April 25 after admitting a total of seven sex offences, including multiple rapes, in the Kirklees area.

His offending was described as truly dreadful by Kirklees Police officers following the conclusion of the case.

Tracey pleaded guilty to four offences of rape, two sexual assaults and inciting a young girl to engage in sexual activity. The offending took place against two young female victims between 2015 to 2020 in the Huddersfield area.

The 37-year-old was sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison with an extra six years on licence, resulting in a 23-year-extended sentence. He will also have to sign on the child sex offenders register.

DS Talha Laher, of Kirklees District Police, said: We welcome the strong sentence given to Tracey for what was a truly dreadful set of serious sexual offences committed against two young victims. He clearly poses a danger to young females and this gravity of his offending is reflected in the length of the criminal sentence he has been given.

"The victims and their families have shown great courage in reporting these wicked offences and I want to thank them for coming to us, supporting the prosecution, and in helping us take this man off the streets. Victims can be assured that specialist officers will always listen and fully investigate any reports of sexual offending and we continue to urge victims to come forwards.

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A vicar who sexually abused a three-year-old has been jailed for the "extremely wicked series of acts".

Gordon Newton, 40, who worked in Batley, West Yorkshire, abused the girl on a number of occasions.

Leeds Crown Court heard he had confessed to having a sexual interest in children for a number of years.

A judge branded Newton a "hypocrite" and said he had committed "a gross abuse of trust" as he sentenced him to nine years and seven months.

Prosecutor Julian Jones told the court Newton's wife, Julie, had handed her husband's old mobile phone to police, who found 276 indecent images of children.

Of those, 70 discovered on the device were deemed to be in the most serious category of abuse images.

A further trawl of Newton's browsing history revealed at least one search which "suggested a search for images for children aged under three", Mr Jones said.

'Ruined lives'

In a statement read in court, Newton's wife said she had been left unable to work full-time and suffers depression as a result of his crimes.

Previously a dedicated churchgoer, she said her husband's arrest and the subsequent charges had shattered her faith, which was now "non-existent".

Judge Tom Bayliss said Newton, of Cross Church Street, Huddersfield, had ruined the child's life, as well as his own and his wife's.

"You held yourself out as a man of God but you're nothing. You're a hypocrite," he said.

"For a man in your position, what you've done amounts not only to an extremely wicked series of acts, but to a gross abuse of a position of trust.

"You abused the trust of so many others in so many ways. You abused the trust of your parishioners and of the Church of England authorities."

Newton pleaded guilty to 12 offences, including six counts of sexually assaulting a girl under 13.

He will be placed on the sex offenders'' register for life and a sexual prevention order was also made.

Kitty Colley, defending, said Newton knew his crimes were "disgusting and vile" and had "genuine remorse" for his actions.

A spokesperson for the Diocese of Leeds said Newton's "deeply shocking" actions were "a matter of deep shame and regret".

They said he would be "subject to the disciplinary processes of the church, which will remove him from his office as vicar and prohibit him from exercising his holy orders".

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A sex offender has been jailed for 12 years after becoming the latest man to be convicted in a major investigation into child sexual exploitation in Huddersfield.

Rashid Iqbal (46) of Dryclough Road, Huddersfield was jailed at Leeds Crown Court today (August 24) after being found guilty of sexual offending against a young girl between 2003 and 2005.

Rashid Iqbal

Iqbal was found guilty following a four day trial at Leeds Crown Court last week in what was the latest prosecution brought by the police and CPS as part of the long running Operation Tendersea enquiry.

During the trial, the court heard he had sexually abused his victim between the ages of 13-15 within the Huddersfield area.

He was sentenced 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.

Operation Tendersea remains an ongoing operation committed to investigating and bringing to justice those responsible for non-recent child sexual exploitation in the Huddersfield area.

DCI Ian Thornes, of the Kirklees District Safeguarding Unit, said: "Iqbal richly deserves the sentences given to him at court today for what was targeted and depraved sexual offending against a child.

"He took advantage of her vulnerability in the worst way and I wish to commend her courage in coming forward and supporting a prosecution which has taken a child sex offender off our streets.

"We are absolutely committed to seeking justice for all victims of sexual offences, no matter when the crimes were committed."

He added: "We do put victim's needs at the heart of every investigation and thoroughly investigate all reports made to us. I would encourage anyone who has been a victim of such offending and not reported it to contact us.

"We will listen and we will investigate as well as help you access any support you may need."

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A paedophile blackmailed a 14-year-old girl he met on Snapchat in a bid to force her to make pornographic videos and send them to him.

Married Alexander Griffiths posed as a boy and befriended the Leicester girl on the social media site, groomed her with compliments and told her to send him some pictures of her partially naked.

Won over by his attention, she did what he asked, YorkshireLive reports.

But then he demanded she make a pornographic video and send that to him, or he would post the images she had already sent him on Instagram.

Terrified of anyone finding out, but unwilling to make the videos he demanded, the teenager descended into a severe depression, self-harming almost every day.

Griffiths, from Denby Dale, Yorkshire, tried to sextort the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, for nearly a month in March 2019. She continued to refuse to do what he wanted, and he posted the pictures of her on Instagram, leading to a police investigation and his arrest.

Pervert sent girl pictures of his genitals

Griffiths was aged 35 at the time he befriended the girl on Snapchat, but pretended he was 16, Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday.

Prosecutor Michael Collins said Griffiths sent the child photographs of his genitals, and she sent him photos of herself both fully clothed and partially naked.

He began annoying her by 'bombarding' her with messages, so she blocked him on the site.

Griffiths then tracked the girl down on Instagram, and sent her a message threatening to post online one of the photos she had sent him if she did not make hardcore pornographic videos of herself, but she refused.

He then gave her three options a three-minute video of her having sex with her boyfriend, a picture of her performing a sex act on her boyfriend or a 20-minute live webcam chat in which she and her boyfriend would have to do anything he asked them to.

The victim pleaded with Griffiths, telling him she had been crying in school, that she had mock exams in a few weeks and that she was too young to have sex.

But Griffiths, who now has a baby daughter himself, started a countdown until he would post the photos online.

He started following her friends on Instagram, hoping they would follow him back so they would see the pictures when he posted them.

When the deadline expired, he followed through with his threat by posting two of the photos she had sent him on his public Instagram account.

In November 2019, the police went to his house, in Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, where he lives with his wife, and arrested him.

They seized his phone, and while he confirmed what he had done, he initially denied knowing the girls age.

But he later pleaded guilty to inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and distributing indecent images of a child.

Girl would cry herself to sleep every night

The court heard from Griffiths's victim via a statement read to the judge.

In the statement, the girl described feeling 'trapped' and said she self-harmed 'nearly every day' throughout Griffiths's sextortion, a form of blackmail in which a person is threatened with having information about their sexual activities revealed publicly if they do not comply with demands.

The girl would cry herself to sleep, leave classes to cry and would also scrub herself in the shower until her body hurt.

She said: "I was constantly stressed, upset and angry. I became a horrible person."

She was sent to chat with her school counsellor but was afraid to say anything about Griffiths, the court heard.

Griffiths was jailed for three years and four months.

Charlotte Rimmer, representing Griffiths, told the court her client had since had a baby with his wife, and that she was now a year old.

She said social services became involved with the family due to the case, and he was now only allowed contact with his daughter under the supervision of his wife.

Griffiths was also made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, banning him from having unsupervised contact with any underage girls.

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Manzoor Akhtar, 31, has been jailed for four years and six months after being found guilty of raping a young girl between 2005 and 2006.

Akhtar, from the Crosland Moor area of the town, is the latest person to be convicted in the ongoing Operation Tendersea investigation over the historic sexual abuse of young girls.

Girls were abused by multiple men in the town between 1995 and 2011 and 35 men have so far been jailed for a total of 380 years over the crimes.

Leeds Crown Court heard how Akhtar sexually assaulted his victim when she was aged between 13 and 14 years of age.

He was sentenced at the court on Wednesday last week.

Another man, from Dewsbury, has also been jailed for 12 months as part of the sexual abuse probe.

Shaqeel Hussain, 36, of Spen Valley Road, Dewsbury, pleaded guilty to an indecent assault committed in Huddersfield between 2004 and 2005 on a 16-year-old girl.

Hussain is already serving an eight-year sentence for the rape of a 14-year-old girl as part of the Tendersea investigation, in a trial from February of this year. He was told he must serve the 12 months consecutively with his current sentence.

Commenting on the conviction of Manzoor Akhtar, Detective Chief Inspector Richard McNamara of the Kirklees District CID, said: “Akhtar richly deserves the prison sentence he has been given after being found guilty and convicted for the dreadful sexual abuse of this young victim.

“He thought nothing of this girl’s obvious very young age as he raped her and treated her in a fashion which can only be described as callous in the extreme.”

DCI McNamara said he was also pleased that the force was now able to name Shaqeel Hussain.

He said: “Hussain was convicted for rape in an Operation Tendersea trial in February 2020 but at the time we were not able to release his identity. He has now been sentenced after pleading guilty to an indecent assault on a 16 year old victim, and can be named as reporting restrictions have been lifted.

“He will face a total of nine years in prison in total for both of these depraved offences in which he showed no regard whatsoever for his victims.

He added: “A repeated feature of these cases has been the stunning bravery of the now young women who have come forward to tell us about the abuse they suffered and then doing everything they can to support the police and CPS in taking action against those who abused them.

“The courage of victims is helping us take dangerous predators such as Manzoor Akhtar and Shaqeel Hussain off our streets, show them for what they are, and put them behind bars where they belong.”

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A lying rapist has been jailed for 13 years after a teenager suffered a horrendous gang attack in a town centre subway.

The 17-year-old victim was attacked on July 14 last year in the subway that runs under the A62 Castlegate between New North Road Baptist Church and the old Technical College building.

Saddam Muhamadaim, 26, of Blacker Road, Birkby, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years for three counts of rape and one count of attempted rape after being convicted by a jury.

His sentencing was adjourned from March pending an investigation into his age, which could have affected the length of his sentence.

Leeds Crown Court previously heard Muhamadaim, who came to the UK from Sudan, gave his date of birth as January 1993 in an asylum registration form document, but he later told police it was March 2001 - making him 17 at the time of the offence instead of 25.

Muhamadaim is now 26 years old.

Two other men were jailed in March for their roles in the attack.

Abdul Latif Salih, 35, of Trinity Street in Huddersfield, and Bahaldin Doud, 21, of Village Terrace in Burley, Leeds, were each sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted by a jury.

Salih was convicted of one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, one count of rape and one count of attempted rape.

Doud was convicted of two counts of attempted rape.

All three men were arrested and charged by police a couple of days after the attack after being forensically linked to the inciident.

The Judge commended the investigation team at the end of the trial.

Detective Inspector Mark Catney, from Kirklees CID, who led the investigation, said: "These men have been handed lengthy prison sentences for the crimes they committed against a 17-year-old girl.

"They prolonged her ordeal by making her relive the incident through the court trial, but we are pleased that they were found guilty by the jury and have been given significant sentences.

"This was a distressing incident for the victim, but thankfully detectives at Kirklees Safeguarding Unit carried out a thorough investigation and within days of the incident, we had all three males in police custody.

"I would like to praise the victim for her bravery in coming forward to report the offences to police. She was subjected to a horrendous ordeal but now I hope that today’s sentences will allow her some closure to what has happened.

"Anyone who has suffered any sexual crime is urged to come forward to the police so that we can investigate it. We have specially trained police officers who will offer support and advice throughout."

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police via 101 or information can be passed to police anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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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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This is the predatory pimp who was 'at the heart' of the horrific toll of abuse against young girls in Huddersfield. Described by Judge Geoffrey Marson QC as 'one of the leaders' of the grooming gang, Amere Singh Dhaliwal was convicted of 54 offences against 11 girls. He sexually abused some of the girls countless times and sometimes he passed them on to other men in the grooming gang. Manipulative Dhaliwal would also video the other men abusing the girls and send it to others and on one occasion he took indecent photos of an infant. Labelling him a prolific sex offender who was at the 'very heart' of the grooming gang, prosecutor Richard Wright QC said: "He targeted vulnerable girls, he showered them with attention and plied them with drink and drugs. "Having manipulated and moulded them in that way, he used them for his own sexual pleasure and effectively pimped them out to other men at organised parties where sex with young girls was the order of the day." But he refused to ever admit he was involved in the grooming scandal, instead claiming the girls were liars and had targeted him all because he called one of them fat. How he controlled the girls His abuse may have begun in 2004 with a 13 or 14-year-old girl - who is referred to as Girl A. But she believes Dhaliwal, who at the time was in his early twenties and was better known by his nickname Pretos, was already abusing other underage girls before she came along. The mechanic, along with Zahid Hassan and another man, first approached her and her friends in Huddersfield bus station as they were on their way to school. She was 13 or 14 years old and the girls she was with were even younger than her. The men offered them cigarettes and told them to skip school to get drunk with them. They didn't truant, but they exchanged numbers. She said they kept phoning her and turning up outside her school. There was no getting away from them, she said. Within weeks, she was being forced to engage in sexual acts with the men. The first time Dhaliwal raped her orally was in the car park of the now-defunct Shaf's snooker club on Manchester Road and she was scared of him. He made her feel ashamed of herself, she said. And she said that after the first time he raped her vaginally, which happened in a house, he told everyone including a girl who claimed to be his girlfriend that she had raped him . She also said that after ejaculating inside her, he forced her to get the morning after pill and he got his girlfriend and her friends to beat her up, leaving her with black eyes and a broken nose. He went on to rape her countless times, including in the toilets of the snooker club and at Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, before starting to pass her around his friends. During 'games' of truth or dare, the child rapist dared Zahid Hassan and Mohammed Kammer to have sex with her. He would also dare her to perform oral sex on him and, during one such game, he put the end of a bottle in her vagina. On one occasion at the snooker club, he told Girl A to have sex with Nasarat Hussain, who at the time was a teenager a few years older than her. She was wearing her school uniform and Hussain took her down to the canal near the snooker club. He threatened that if she didnt have sex with him he would tell Dhaliwal on her and so, out of fear of reprisals, she complied. Girl A introduced him to Girl B, who was used mainly for oral sex. The pattern was similar he used her, then he passed her around. After getting Girl B to perform oral sex on him at the snooker club, Dhaliwal would drive her to places such as Scammonden Dam where another man was waiting and a takeaway in Normanton where Mohammed Rizwan Aslam was waiting. And through Girl A, at least five further girls were brought into the ring - girls B, D, H, I, M and O. Girls I and H in turn introduced Girl J to Dhaliwal and his friends. Meanwhile, Dhaliwal's friend and cannabis dealer, Irfan Ahmed, targeted Girl C, who in turn brought Girl G into the ring and the Hassan brothers brought in girls F and N. And Dhaliwal also set his sights on a girl who was living in a childrens home in Huddersfield Girl K. The denial and the trial He faced the highest amount of charges of all the group a whopping 57, of which he was convicted of all but three. He was found guilty of: 21 counts of rape, three of which were of a child under 13; 13 counts of trafficking for sexual exploitation; five counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity; three counts of sexual assault; three counts of supplying a controlled drug of Class A; three counts of possessing an indecent image of a child; two counts of administering a substance with intent; one count of inciting child prostitution; one count of assault by penetration and; one count of racially aggravated assault. The now-married dad, who converted to Sikhism in 2013, denied every charge and even knowing some of his victims. He claimed that the only time he took Girl A up to the moors was to 'admire the scenery'. And he also claimed that she 'fabricated' the case because she used to mouth off at him when she saw him in the street and he used to call her fat in return so she had 'a grudge or whatever' against him ever since. During cross-examination, which took place after his 11 victims had bravely stood up in the witness box and gave detailed evidence about him, he continued to deny being sexually involved with them. As he stood in the witness box, Mr Wright said to him sarcastically: "The worst thing you've ever done is describe her as being fat and, over a decade later, she has organised over 10 girls to come forward and fabricate over 70 allegations of terrible sexual offending. . .to have her revenge because you called her fat 12 years ago?" After pointing out that his co-defendants would have to be in on the 'conspiracy' because they had admitted some details about his offending, Mr Wright asked: "Mr Dhaliwal, there is no conspiracy against you, is there? These girls have came here to tell the truth." He replied: "I would suggest they are lying." Mr Wright told him: There is one liar here and that is Amere Singh Dhaliwal. He interrupted: "No, that is not the truth." Mr Wright continued: "And you have not got the guts to face up to what you did to them years ago." But he maintained: "I have never sexually abused these girls." Locked up for life The probation service's report stated that he exerted 'power and control over young girls' and described him as 'manipulative' and 'predatory'. The judge heard how, even after the 100-day trial in which a jury convicted him, Dhaliwal was still refusing to take responsibility for his actions. Based on that and the amount of his offending, he was able to jail him for life with a minimum of 17 years and 312 days. Sentencing, the judge told him: "Your treatment of these girls was inhuman, you treated them as commodities to be passed around for your own sexual gratification and the gratification of others. "The extent and gravity of your offending far exceeds anything which I have previously encountered." The now-35-year-old, who initially gave a bail address of Holly Road, Thornton Lodge, but later gave the court an address of Everard Street, Crosland Moor, is serving his sentence in HMP Doncaster in South Yorkshire. He will not be eligible to apply for release from prison until April 14, 2036 when he will be 53 years old. Even if he is released then, he will remain on licence for the remainder of his life.

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TWO Northwich detectives thought they were going to die when a sex offender they were transporting on the M62 launched a horrific attack like a caged animal. Christopher Hartley, 44, from Fartown in Huddersfield, was arrested by Cheshire Police on September 7, 2016, on suspicion of possession of indecent images. On Tuesday, Leeds Crown Court heard that he was being taken to Cheshire for questioning when, near to Scammonden, he suddenly attacked DC Victoria Shelton as she was driving at 70mph in the fast lane, trying to crash the car. He used the handcuffs he was wearing to hit her and also pushed her head against the window making it impossible for her to see as she struggled to control the Vauxhall Corsa. She told the court she remembered him punching her and trying to gouge her eyes out all the while he was screaming and shouting like a madman. Duncan Ritchie, prosecuting, said her colleague, DC David MacFarlane, who was in the back seat with Hartley, was desperately trying to restrain him. DC Shelton managed to steer across three lanes of busy traffic and bring the car to a halt on the hard shoulder before Hartley, a convicted sex offender, turned his attentions to DC MacFarlane. He climbed on top of him screaming and growling and using his teeth began to gnaw on his right arm, the court was told. As DC Shelton climbed over to help him, Hartley turned and spat a piece of her colleagues flesh into her face before calming down. Both officers spent months off work as a result of their injuries and DC Shelton is still having counselling. In court, DC Shelton said she thought they were all going to die and she would never see her three daughters again. She said in the days after the incident she had whiplash injuries and suffered nightmares. I can only see the evil face that tried to kill me coming towards me like a caged animal, she said. It was the worst day of my life and I thought it would be the last day of my life. She said she had begged Hartley for her life during the attack but he only hit me harder. He came very close to his goal, it doesnt bear thinking about what could have happened it could have been pure carnage, she said. DC MacFarlane had to have surgery on his arm and has been left with an unsightly scar. He also had to undergo HIV tests because a self-testing kit was found at Hartleys home and it was three months before he found out he was in the clear. Following his arrest, Hartley admitted to officers they would find indecent images in his possession. Police later discovered 2,135 indecent still images and 282 movies. Hartley was jailed for 14 years after he admitted two offences of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm with intent, one of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, seven of possessing indecent images, one of possessing extreme pornography and breaching the Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Judge James Spencer QC said when Hartley attacked DC Shelton as she was driving in the fast lane it was 'a mercy there was not some catastrophe'. He said: You behaved like an animal, you bit his arm so severely that you had blood on your face and skin in your mouth which you spat at the female officer and tried to gouge her eyes out. You were intent on causing serious harm to both of them. John Boumphrey representing Hartley that he had written letters to the officer apologising for his out of character 'moment of madness'. Hartley had a previous conviction for indecent assault in 1997 and possessing and distributing indecent images in 2012. Cheshire Police Ass Ch Con Nick Bailey said: "Police officers work extremely hard to protect the public on a daily basis and they do not deserve to be assaulted as they carry out their duties. "The sentence handed to Hartley today reflects the severity of this horrific attack and the trauma caused to the officers involved. "At the time of the incident both officers genuinely feared for their lives, and they are still recovering from what happened that day, both physically and emotionally. "Both of the officers have since returned to work and they are being supported through this difficult and traumatic time. "I would like to pass my sincere thanks to West Yorkshire Police for conducting this investigation and for assisting the officers when the incident occurred." Ch Insp Simon Meegan paid tribute to the detectives. He said: This was a horrendous assault that could have resulted in serious injury or worse to both the detectives involved and the travelling public. "I would like to pay tribute to the determination and resilience of the officers involved in the days and months following the attack, and Hartleys sentence rightly reflects the severity of the incident." DS Zaheer Abbas, from Kirklees CID, said: "We welcome the sentence handed down to Hartley today; his actions on the day he was arrested were despicable and our colleagues from Cheshire police suffered serious injuries as a result. "Police officers do a difficult and dangerous job and it is completely unacceptable for any level of violence used against them as they are trying to do their job and keep our communities safe."