Locations
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4
Description
A Kirklees sex offender who abused a vulnerable teenager more than a decade ago and has been jailed.
Zana Adil Mohammed, aged 48, from Huddersfield was jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Thursday 9 April after pleading guilty to sexual offences, including sexual activity with a child, committed in 2011.
The 48-year-old was sentenced to 62 months in custody for five sexual activity with a child offences, and four counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children.
The offending took place in Huddersfield in December 2011 against a then young teenage boy, who came forward to report what had occurred.
Mohammed fled the country during the initial stages of the investigation with subsequent police enquiries establishing he was in Iraq.
Through work with partners officers became aware in October 2025 that he was planning to return to the UK and arrested him on his arrival at Birmingham International Airport on 16 October.
He was held in custody, charged, and then detained to appear before Leeds Magistrate’s Court on 18 October.
Detective Constable Leanne Sanderson of the Kirklees Child Safeguarding Unit, said:
“Mohammed clearly poses a significant risk to young males, and we welcome his sentencing at court.
“The appalling offences he committed deeply affected his young male victim and I would personally like to thank him for his bravery in reporting this crime and his support of the investigation.
“It has taken a lot of courage to disclose such abuse, and we hope that seeing Zana jailed will give him some measure of closure.
“We continue to urge all victims of unreported sexual assault to come forward. No matter when the offending took place, we will always listen and do all we can to investigate, provide support, and seek justice for you.”