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BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
'Dangerous predator' handed additional sentence for abusing girls
A member of a grooming gang who is serving a lengthy sentence for sexually abusing young girls has been convicted of further Mahmud was jailed for 15 years in 2018 and handed an additional sentence of six years and three months in Leeds Crown Court on Thursday, the 44-year-old was sentenced to five years and nine months after admitting six further sex offences, including rape and formerly of Banks Crescent, Huddersfield, was told the sentence would run consecutively to his existing jail term. According to West Yorkshire Police, the latest offences were committed against two girls, aged 13 and 14, in Huddersfield between 2001 and crimes were reported to police in 2020 and investigated as part of Kirklees Police's series of long running specialist investigations into non-recent child sexual exploitation and Ch Insp Oliver Coates said: "Mahmud is without doubt an absolute danger to young females."It was welcome to see the court determine he must serve his latest sentence after the lengthy combined sentence he is currently in prison for, and I hope this further conviction has been of some comfort to his victims."Urging other victims of sexual offences to come forward he said: "Sexual predators such as Mahmud have only been snared through the courage of victims coming forward and I want to thank both women in this case."By reporting this horrendous abuse and supporting the trial process, they and other women in these cases, have played a significant role in making communities safer by ensuring men such as Mahmud are off our streets." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Telegraph
Father and nine-year-old daughter killed in house fire
A father and daughter who died in a house fire have been pictured for the first time. Sohaib Ahmed, 38, and his nine-year-old daughter, Manahal, died in the fire that broke out at the family home on Sunday. Mr Ahmed's wife was not at the property in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, when the flames took hold on Sunday morning as she was on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. The couple's 11-year-old daughter, who was seriously injured in the fire, continues to be treated in hospital and is described as being in a critical but stable condition. Their eldest son was also not at home when the fire occurred, having spent the night at a relative's house. The mother is now understood to have returned to the UK. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: 'Inquiries into the fire remain ongoing by Kirklees District Police on behalf of the coroner.' Neighbours said the family were well known in the area and paid tribute to Mr Ahmed. Mohammad Rizwan Yasin told the BBC he had known Mr Ahmed for a long time and described him as a 'very nice, family man'. Darren O'Donovan, the chairman of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and a councillor for Dewsbury West, said it was thought the blaze could have been started by a tumble dryer. 'Initial investigations suggest the fire may have started in the kitchen area and its possible source could have been the tumble dryer, but that's still under investigation,' he said. 'That's the tragedy: this was just a local family on a very regular street in Heckmondwike and a tragic accident has taken place.' West Yorkshire Fire Service previously said: 'We were called at 06.11 yesterday to reports of a house fire on Russell Close in Heckmondwike. 'We sent four crews. Firefighters retrieved three people from within the property, two of whom were taken to hospital by ambulance. 'Our fire investigators are working with police to establish the circumstances of the fire.'
