Jail for Leeds men who “sexually corrupted” vulnerable teenager

From the Yorkshire Evening Post

FOUR men who took advantage of a vulnerable 13-year-old and cynically “sexually corrupted” her have been jailed for a total of 51 years. Tariq Islam, Nasir Sultan, Amir Zaman and Zafar Iqbal are among ten men found guilty of a range of serious sexual offences committed against the youngster in the Beeston area of Leeds.

Jailing the men, judge Geoffrey Marson, QC, said: “(the victim) was systematically abused, in some cases by men who knew each other and exchanged their experiences with each other which no doubt led to further sexual abuse. Over a period of more than six weeks I have had the opportunity of observing the defendants and hearing their evidence. Not one of them has uttered a single word or sentiment of remorse. Their only concern is that they have been caught and brought to justice.”

The girl in this case was a Muslim girl. So there isn’t the element I suspect the defendants use when abusing a white English girl that she is ‘spoils of war and occupation – a possession of the right hand’ but some Muslim men are not noted for treating their own daughters, sisters and  nieces with care. 

Amir Zaman, 25 , of Sefton Terrace, Beeston, was jailed for 11 years after being convicted of four offences of sexual activity with a child. The jury heard he was the first to abuse the girl after tricking her into believing she was his girlfriend despite being nine years older than her and being married with four children. Maybe as a Muslim girl she was happy to be under consideration as Number 2 wife? 

Zaman took the youngster to a graveyard where sexual contact took place. Zaman went on the run before the case came to trial and is still at large. The court heard he may have fled the country.

The judge added: “Although these offences were committed in the Beeston area, it is not to be taken as a condemnation of those who live there. There are many good, honourable and decent hard-working people in that area. It is the defendants who have brought shame upon themselves and the community.”

Six other men are to be sentenced at a later date.