Locations
Devonshire Street West, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21
Description
Israr Ali, the youngest defendant in the dock, raped the schoolgirl when he was 15-years-old, about 18 months older than the girl. He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a young offenders’ institute.
Ali, also known as Sari, now 19, of Devonshire Street West, Keighley, was told he took “vile sexual advantage” of the girl and looked upon her as “no more than a worthless object.”
Keighley Child Sexual Abuse Ring
The Keighley child sexual abuse ring refers to a group of twelve men who were convicted of committing serious sexual offences against two underage girls in Keighley and Bradford, located in West Yorkshire, England. The offences occurred between 2011 and 2012.
The main victim was between 13 and 14 years old when she was subjected to repeated sexual abuse by ten of the perpetrators. A second girl was also abused, though to a lesser extent. The crimes included rape and various forms of sexual exploitation.
Following a trial at Bradford Crown Court, the men were found guilty in December 2015 by unanimous jury verdicts. In February 2016, they were collectively sentenced to over 130 years in prison.
The case was one of several high-profile investigations into child sexual exploitation in northern England during the 2010s, highlighting systemic failures in protecting vulnerable children and prompting widespread public and governmental scrutiny.
Memebers:
- Khalid Raja Mahmood - 17-year extended sentence for two charges of rape and three charges of sexual activity with a child.
- Tauqeer Hussain - 18 years for two counts of rape against the first victim and one rape against another teenage girl.
- Yasser Kabir - 20 years for three counts of rape against the first victim and four charges of rape, two charges of sexual assault, two charges of assault by penetration and fourcharges of causing a child to engage in sexual activity against two young girls.
- Sufyan Ziarab - 15 years for two counts of rape.
- Bilal Ziarab - 12 years for two counts of rape.
- Israr Ali - 3-and-half-years in a young offenders institution for one count of rape.
- Nasir Khan - 13 years for one count of rape.
- Saqib Younis - 13 years for one count of rape.
- Hussain Sardar - 6 years in a young offenders institution for one count of rape.
- Zain Ali - 8 years in a young offenders institution for one count of rape.
- Faisal Khan - 13 years for one count of rape.
- Mohammed Akram - 5 years for one count of sexual activity with a child.