Police name 20 people jailed for child sexual abuse in Kirklees after reporting restrictions lifted
The group have been sentenced to a combined 277 years behind bars
Police have named 20 people who've been jailed for a combined total of almost 300 years over historic sexual abuse against young girls in Kirklees.
The offences happened between 1995 and 2003 in Dewsbury and Batley against three victims and have been the subject of a series of trials between 2023 and last year.
However police say reporting restrictions have now been lifted meaning they're able to confirm the identities of those involved.
Those sentenced are:
Ansar Mahmood Qayum, 49, from Dewsbury: sentenced to 10 years for three offences of rape and two offences of indecent assault. Combined with a previous sentence, his total is 30 years.
Sajid Majid, 53, from Mirfield: sentenced to 28 years for five offences of rape and three offences of indecent assault.
Manaf Hussain, 51, from Heckmondwike: sentenced to 25 years for six offences of rape and an offence of supplying Class A drugs.
Tariq Azam, 57, from Dewsbury: sentenced to 24 years for five offences of rape and four offences of indecent assault.
Zulfiqar Ali, 47, from Dewsbury: sentenced to 22 years, six months for four offences of rape.
Aurrangzeb Azam, 56, from Dewsbury: sentenced to 20 years for ten offences of rape and an offence of indecent assault.
Shakeel Haq, 58, from Birmingham: sentenced to 19 years for three offences of rape and an offence of false imprisonment.
Rafiq Patel, 73, from Batley: sentenced to 18 years for two offences of rape.
Zaheed Ali Novsarka, 58, from Batley: sentenced to 18 years for two offences of rape.
Mohammed Sheikh, 53, from Batley: sentenced to 14 years for two offences of rape and two offences of indecent assault.
Mohammed Yasin, 52, from Batley: sentenced to 14 years for an offence of rape and two indecent assaults.
Liaquat Hussain Hanif, 49, from Batley: sentenced to 12 years, six months for two offences of rape and an offence of supplying Class A drugs.
Ebrahim Mananiat, 56, from Batley: sentenced to 12 years for two offences of rape.
Ibrahim Khalifa, 87, from Bradford: sentenced to 11 years for two offences of rape.
Shafiq Siddique, 56, from Dewsbury: sentenced to 11 years for an offence of rape.
Mohammed Munir Shaffi, 48, from Dewsbury: sentenced to nine years for two offences of rape.
Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain, 51, from Dewsbury: sentenced to eight years for an offence of rape.
Abbas Kaji, 57, from Batley: sentenced to seven years for an offence of rape.
Donna Lynn, 45, from Cleckheaton: sentenced to three years for an offence of controlling prostitution.
Tasawar Hussain, 46, from Dewsbury: sentenced to three years for an offence of rape.
DCI Rob Stevens of West Yorkshire Police said: “This has been a major investigation into truly appalling sexual abuse of vulnerable girls in Kirklees by a large number of sexual predators.
“Over an almost two year period, juries have heard some shocking revelations about the dreadful way victims were abused by those involved.
“They were repeatedly sexually assaulted, in some cases given Class A drugs, and very much treated as commodities for the gratification of heartless predators.
“The very significant jailed terms given to some of these men, such as the 28-year sentence for Sajid Majid or the 20 year sentence handed to Aurrangzeb Azam who was found guilty of 10 separate rapes, speak volumes about their depravity and the abuse meted out to victims in this case."