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Burhan Din jailed for 14 years after grooming and raping teenage girl
Burhan Din, 30, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 14 years after being convicted at Bradford Crown Court of two counts of rape, four offences of sexual activity with a child and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Din contacted the girl via social media and began a campaign of abuse during which he recorded himself having sex with her on his mobile phone. He was 12 years older than the victim and knew from an early stage that she was a child. The rapes occurred at his Bradford flat after he got her drunk.
Sentencing him, Recorder Jason Pitter KC said: “In very simple terms you deliberately and cynically groomed her.” The judge noted the case highlighted the dangers posed to young people by online predators.
In a statement read to the court, the victim said her life had been “nothing but hell” since Din first contacted her. She described feeling scared and powerless, but said coming forward took great courage and she was glad to finally have her voice heard. She called herself “a survivor, not a victim” and said she was no longer the broken girl she once felt she had become.
Recorder Pitter praised her:
“She has very bravely read her impact statement to speak her truth and take back her power. She is a credit to herself.”
Din continues to deny the sexual offences despite the jury’s guilty verdicts. He also admitted possessing a machete and a small quantity of cannabis.
He will remain on the sex offenders register for life and be subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.