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The Guardian
13-05-2025
- The Guardian
Men who raped Yorkshire teenager in 1990s given longer sentences
Three child sexual abusers who raped a vulnerable teenager over several years in the 1990s have had their sentences extended after intervention by the solicitor general. Ibrar Hussain, 47, and brothers Imtiaz, 64, and Fayaz Ahmed, 45, had their sentences increased after Lucy Rigby referred the case to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. A court heard that the victim, who has not been named, moved to Keighley, West Yorkshire in the early 1990s when she was a vulnerable teenager, where she met the three men. She was supplied with money, drugs and alcohol in return for sex. She was taken to various places where she was raped over several years, including by Hussain and the Ahmed brothers. Many of the offences took place in the flats above the brothers' family's grocery shop. Hussain and Fayaz Ahmed were 18 and 17 respectively when they carried out their offences, while Imtiaz Ahmed was in his 30s. In an impact statement read to the court, the victim said that almost 30 years after the abuse, she still suffered flashbacks and the trauma left her unable to trust people, including the services there to protect her. Rigby said: 'This case involved the shocking and hideous abuse of a vulnerable teenager by these three sexual predators. I referred these sentences to court of appeal because in my view they were unduly lenient. 'I attended court today for the hearing and I very much welcome the court of appeal's significant increases to these sentences.' The trio were convicted in January. Ibrar Hussain was initially sentenced to six years and six months – this was increased to 10 years on Tuesday. Imtiaz Ahmed was initially sentenced to nine years, which was increased to 11, and Fayaz Ahmed had his sentence extended from seven years and six months to 10 years.
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
AG Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel tout drug- and sex-crime arrests
Attorney General Pam Bondi held back-to-back news briefings this week, using the podium to highlight what she describes as the Trump administration's tough-on-crime approach to drug enforcement, immigration and sexual predators. The attorney general offered few details about the cases themselves as she broadly touted federal law enforcement's work in two separate, large-scale operations: the arrest of more than a dozen people and the seizure of millions of fentanyl pills over the past several months, dating back to the Biden administration; and the arrest of 205 alleged sexual predators in less than a week.
CBC
06-05-2025
- CBC
Former chief justice of P.E.I. Supreme Court named to handle review of PSB's handling of complaints
P.E.I.'s former chief justice David Jenkins (shown) will lead a review looking at policies and procedures in Island schools to protect students from sexual predators. This, after a former substitute teacher pleaded guilty last week to sexual interference, in a case involving an elementary school student. CBC's Kerry Campbell reports.
