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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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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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A CHILD rapist is beginning a 10-year prison sentence after his young victim confronted him via harrowing text messages.

Milnsbridge man Nathan Whitehead, 28, began abusing the girl, who cannot be identified, when she was only 11.

And it was not until she turned 16 that she was able to confront him about his “sick” crimes.

Prosecutor Richard Gioserano told Bradford Crown Court the complainant had managed to bring an end to the abuse early in 2010, but in June this year she received a text from Whitehead simply saying: “Hi what are you up to?”

“She decided that she would then send text messages in reply to get him to admit what he had been doing to her,” said Mr Gioserano.

Over a two-hour period a large number of messages were exchanged between them and Whitehead admitted in one of them: “I got it wrong. I thought you liked it towards the end.”

The girl replied: “No why would I. You’re 11 years older than me ... you shouldn’t have touched me in the first place ... it’s sick.”

Whitehead, of New Street, also said: “I’m sorry for everything. I understand if you don’t want to talk to me. I’m sorry I got it so wrong.”

Bradford Crown Court heard the complainant finally told her mother about the abuse and in July Whitehead was arrested and questioned after he voluntarily handed himself in to the police.

During his interview, Whitehead denied having sex with the girl before she was 13, but yesterday Mr Gioserano explained that his guilty pleas to three specimen charges of rape amounted to an admission of nine incidents of rape when the girl was aged 11 and 12.

Whitehead, who had no previous convictions, had been due to stand trial on further allegations of sexual abuse, but the prosecution accepted his guilty pleas to three specimen charges of sexual activity with the same complainant after the age of 13.

Whitehead’s barrister Gillian Batts said he had offered apologies to the complainant and her mother and it was unusual in such cases for defendants to make admissions at an early stage.

The Honorary Recorder of Bradford Judge James Stewart QC jailed Whitehead for 10 years on the rape charges with a concurrent three years for the sexual activity with a child offences.

Judge Stewart also imposed an indefinite sexual offences prevention order which bans him from having contact with the complainant and restricts his unsupervised access to any child under 18.

Whitehead will also have to register as a sex offender with the police for the rest of his life.